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Docs: Links documentation to working example for CMD Shell usage on Windows GitLab Runners where only PowerShell can be the default

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Links the CMD Shell deprecation notice to a working workaround project that demonstrates how the CMD shell can still be used when PowerShell is the default shell under GitLab Runner on Windows.

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#4163 (comment 485570123)

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