Documentation for Windows dependencies (#7)

* Add auto line endings to gitattributes * Update readme for windows dependencies
gregjohnson2017 · Mar 22, 2020 · fedc49e · fedc49e
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 ### Dependencies:
+#### Linux:
 ```
 sudo apt install libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-gfx-dev
-```
+```
+
+#### Windows:
+
+Install gcc for C Go using msys2.
+
+After installing msys2, start the msys2 shell (not MinGW) and run
+```
+pacman -Syu
+```
+and then
+```
+pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_gfx mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_image mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_ttf mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
+```
+After everything is finished, add the mingw bin to your PATH, e.g., C:\msys64\mingw64\bin.