From ed3e2f96bd281eeaf709931256f164d9ef2e92be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Berke111 <berkedurdu19@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 20:52:55 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add Windows build/run note to README

PowerShell users hit go build -o gora ./cmd/gora silently producing
gora.exe, then ./gora failing since PowerShell expects .\ and the
.exe extension. Fixes #1.
---
 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4629b8b..886327c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ Build the single binary:
 go build -o gora ./cmd/gora
 ```
 
+On Windows, `go build` produces `gora.exe`, and PowerShell invokes local binaries with
+`.\` rather than `./`:
+
+```powershell
+go build -o gora.exe .\cmd\gora
+.\gora.exe validate examples\dashboard\app.gora --root examples\dashboard
+```
+
 ## Try it
 
 Validate an example: