I am trying to install Ruby on Rails on Windows 10 but need help

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I am using the guide from Install Ruby On Rails on Windows 10 | GoRails and I am using the rbenv method and following this exactly. When I get down to the part where I must run the command:
rails new myapp -d postgresql

It gives me multiple errors:
error: chmod on /mnt/c/myapp/.git/config.lock failed: Operation not permitted
fatal: could not set ‘core.repositoryformatversion’ to ‘0’

And:
/home/jimmyv/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/2.6.0/fileutils.rb:1321:in `chmod’: Operation not permitted @ apply2files - /mnt/c/myapp/bin (Errno::EPERM)

I chose the PostgreSQL database and downloaded and installed it prior to running the command.

I am running Windows 10 Pro 64bit
Windows 10 Insider Preview 10.0.19013.1000 (vb_release)
Thank you!

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Dear Jimmy

I’ve got identical issue following from that guide on Win10 WSL.

And i found this issue may be solved with Chmod/Chown WSL Improvements
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/chmod-chown-wsl-improvements/

Use
sudo umount /mnt/c sudo mount -t drvfs C: /mnt/c -o metadata
to change /mnt/c setting and it works for me

*You must delete files from incomplete rails new command first