I'm trying to clone the Commerce template form github, and when I run

 pnpm install

it throws this error.

node_modules/.pnpm/@vercel+git-hooks@1.0.0/node_modules/@vercel/git-hooks: Running install script, failed in 452ms
.../node_modules/@vercel/git-hooks install$ node ./install.js
│ △  @vercel/git-hooks: installing base hook to \code-playground\commerce\.git\hooks
│ node:internal/fs/utils:350
│     throw err;
│     ^
│ Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink './_do_hook.cjs' -> '\code-playground\commerce\.git\ho…
│     at Object.symlinkSync (node:fs:1816:3)
│     at installHook (\code-playground\commerce\node_modules\.pnpm\@vercel+git-hooks@1.0.0\node_modules…
│     at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
│     at Object.<anonymous> (\code-playground\commerce\node_modules\.pnpm\@vercel+git-hooks@1.0.0\node_…
│     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
│     at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
│     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
│     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12)
│     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
│     at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47 {
│   errno: -4048,
│   syscall: 'symlink',
│   code: 'EPERM',
│   path: './_do_hook.cjs',
│   dest: '\\code-playground\\commerce\\.git\\hooks\\applypatch-msg'
│ }
│ Node.js v18.17.1
└─ Failed in 453ms at \code-playground\commerce\node_modules\.pnpm\@vercel+git-hooks@1.0.0\node_modules\@vercel\git-hooks
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

this is the first time I get this kind of error, & I don't really know what to do.
Help would be much appreciated!