Update Changelog and README for Webpacker on Windows

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     host: localhost
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+- On Windows, `ruby bin/webpacker` and `ruby bin/webpacker-dev-server` will now bypass yarn, and execute via `node_modules/.bin` directly - [#583](https://github.com/rails/webpacker/pull/583)
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 ### Breaking changes
 
 - Add `compile` option to `config/webpacker.yml` for configuring lazy compilation of packs when a file under tracked paths is changed [#503](https://github.com/rails/webpacker/pull/503). To enable expected behavior, update `config/webpacker.yml`:

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 ./bin/rails app:update:bin # or rails app:update:bin
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+##### Running Webpack on Windows
+
+If you are running Webpack on Windows, your command shell may not be able to interpret the preferred interpreter
+for the scripts generated in `bin/webpack` and `bin/webpack-dev-server`. Instead you'll want to run the scripts
+manually with Ruby:
+
+```
+C:\path>ruby bin\webpack
+C:\path>ruby bin\webpack-dev-server
+```
+
 ## Wishlist
 
 - HMR - [#188](https://github.com/rails/webpacker/issues/188)

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