{"thread":{"id":"28707","subject":"Compiling on Windows","startedAt":"2011-10-18T04:08:16Z","lastAt":"2011-10-21T11:41:25Z","messageCount":12,"participants":["Andrew Ardill","Frans Klaver","Alexey Shumkin","Erik Faye-Lund","Sebastian Schuberth","Vincent van Ravesteijn","Philip Oakley","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"177915","messageId":"CAH5451=7Em7sPzknVx8i2VBSAZxZwg1Awr8s3Nr2W=A6SDEZEw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Andrew Ardill","fromEmail":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-18T04:08:16Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-18T04:08:16Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/da14cb7c091dd44dc6c63a4d3361b149acaf25226dc78eb4131a17b93d9b0993?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to\ncompile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps\nthere is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the\nmoment.\n\nCan anyone point me in the right direction? I would like to be able to\ncompile and test topic branches, and perhaps even do some dev work on\nmy windows machine.\n\nRegards,\n\nAndrew Ardill\n"},{"id":"177924","messageId":"op.v3i8rauz0aolir@keputer.lokaal","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"CAH5451=7Em7sPzknVx8i2VBSAZxZwg1Awr8s3Nr2W=A6SDEZEw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Frans Klaver","fromEmail":"fransklaver@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-18T05:41:24Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-18T05:41:24Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"fransklaver@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1876483?v=4"},"body":"On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:08:16 +0200, Andrew Ardill \n wrote:\n\n> Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to\n> compile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps\n> there is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the\n> moment.\n\nThere's this project called msysgit[0]. The website depends on the wiki \nfor explanation though.\n\nCheers,\nFrans\n\n[0]http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/\n"},{"id":"177925","messageId":"CAH5451=VPzkFZyyUUdj+=dXDCHKQbWTTob_=JJFBCwaDsp1n7Q@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"op.v3i8rauz0aolir@keputer.lokaal","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Andrew Ardill","fromEmail":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-18T06:17:24Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-18T06:17:24Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/da14cb7c091dd44dc6c63a4d3361b149acaf25226dc78eb4131a17b93d9b0993?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Thanks for the replies all - I think my main issue was that the wiki\nis down and msysgit has very little use-able documentation otherwise.\nI had cloned the msysgit project, but was lost on what to do from\nthere. Foolishly, I had glossed over the msysgit installers on the\nproject home (I think I thought they were Git for Windows installers).\n\nI have now installed everything, and am ready to hack. Perhaps the\nfirst port of call is adding a README to msysgit :D\n\nThanks again,\n\nAndrew Ardill\n"},{"id":"177930","messageId":"20111018103955.1db40b5e@ashu.dyn.rarus.ru","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"CAH5451=7Em7sPzknVx8i2VBSAZxZwg1Awr8s3Nr2W=A6SDEZEw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Alexey Shumkin","fromEmail":"alex.crezoff@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-18T06:39:55Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-18T06:39:55Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"alex.crezoff@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1183752?v=4"},"body":"Take a look at Cygwin.\nOn Windows I use Git under Cygwin.\nAnd, of course, Git can be compiled there (with dependencies installed \nlike openssl-dev, curl-dev, etc)\n\n> Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to\n> compile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps\n> there is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the\n> moment.\n> \n> Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would like to be able to\n> compile and test topic branches, and perhaps even do some dev work on\n> my windows machine.\n> \n> Regards,\n> \n> Andrew Ardill\n"},{"id":"177947","messageId":"CABPQNSZhWOa5wken4vh6Hcza8EM4VnekE3VUFJNmaEJvWME=ew@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"CAH5451=VPzkFZyyUUdj+=dXDCHKQbWTTob_=JJFBCwaDsp1n7Q@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Erik Faye-Lund","fromEmail":"kusmabite@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-18T14:02:27Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-18T14:02:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kusmabite@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47073?v=4"},"body":"On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Andrew Ardill wrote:\n> Thanks for the replies all - I think my main issue was that the wiki\n> is down and msysgit has very little use-able documentation otherwise.\n> I had cloned the msysgit project, but was lost on what to do from\n> there. Foolishly, I had glossed over the msysgit installers on the\n> project home (I think I thought they were Git for Windows installers).\n>\n\nYeah, the installer sets up a fully self-contained MSYS-based\ndevelopment environment to hack on Git for Windows.\n\n> I have now installed everything, and am ready to hack. Perhaps the\n> first port of call is adding a README to msysgit :D\n\nNot at all a bad idea!\n\nIt'd be awesome if it even worked with the GitHub markup-stuff as\nwell, since we moved the project there :)\n"},{"id":"177950","messageId":"4E9DA438.2020903@gmail.com","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"CABPQNSZhWOa5wken4vh6Hcza8EM4VnekE3VUFJNmaEJvWME=ew@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Sebastian Schuberth","fromEmail":"sschuberth@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-18T16:07:20Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-18T16:07:20Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sschuberth@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/349154?v=4"},"body":"On 18.10.2011 16:02, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:\n\n>> there. Foolishly, I had glossed over the msysgit installers on the\n>> project home (I think I thought they were Git for Windows installers).\n> \n> Yeah, the installer sets up a fully self-contained MSYS-based\n> development environment to hack on Git for Windows.\n\nI keep advertizing my mingwGitDevEnv [1] project which aims to become an alternative to the current msysGit net installer [2]. The advantage of mingwGitDevEnv will be that it comes with an mingw-get based environment, i.e. you can very easily update / add new MinGW / MSYS tools directly from upstream.\n\nJust today I reached a state were mingwGitDevEnv can successfully build git.exe, but git-gui etc. are still missing due to a lack of mingw-get compatible Tcl/Tk packages.\n\n[1] https://github.com/sschuberth/mingwGitDevEnv\n[2] http://msysgit.googlecode.com/files/msysGit-netinstall-1.7.7-preview20111014.exe\n\n-- \nSebastian Schuberth\n"},{"id":"177991","messageId":"4E9E811C.10205@lyx.org","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"CAH5451=7Em7sPzknVx8i2VBSAZxZwg1Awr8s3Nr2W=A6SDEZEw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Vincent van Ravesteijn","fromEmail":"vfr@lyx.org","sentAt":"2011-10-19T07:49:48Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-19T07:49:48Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"vfr@lyx.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/687868?v=4"},"body":"Op 18-10-2011 6:08, Andrew Ardill schreef:\n> Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to\n> compile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps\n> there is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the\n> moment.\n>\n> Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would like to be able to\n> compile and test topic branches, and perhaps even do some dev work on\n> my windows machine.\n\nI once wrote a little step-by-step tutorial on how to compile the native \nWindows Git with MSVC (Express).\n\nhttp://blog.vfrconsultancy.nl/#post0\n\nBe aware that git runs without apparent problems, but that all \nfunctionality written in shell scripts can't be used.\n\nHTH,\n\nVincent\n"},{"id":"178044","messageId":"2015B7F2CEAE4B449EA4EF744F9B8FD9@PhilipOakley","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"4E9E811C.10205@lyx.org","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":"2011-10-19T21:46:34Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-19T21:46:34Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"From: \"Vincent van Ravesteijn\" \n> Op 18-10-2011 6:08, Andrew Ardill schreef:\n>> Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to\n>> compile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps\n>> there is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the\n>> moment.\n>>\n>> Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would like to be able to\n>> compile and test topic branches, and perhaps even do some dev work on\n>> my windows machine.\n>\n> I once wrote a little step-by-step tutorial on how to compile the native \n> Windows Git with MSVC (Express).\n>\n> http://blog.vfrconsultancy.nl/#post0\n\nThe blog post filled in a few gaps in the Msysgit README instructions about \nwhere to place the various downloads described.\n\n>\n> Be aware that git runs without apparent problems, but that all \n> functionality written in shell scripts can't be used.\n>\n> HTH,\n>\n> Vincent\n> --\n\nMany thanks, it saved me asking.\nPhilip \n"},{"id":"178054","messageId":"alpine.DEB.1.00.1110191816500.32316@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"2015B7F2CEAE4B449EA4EF744F9B8FD9@PhilipOakley","subject":"Re: [msysGit] Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2011-10-19T23:17:35Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-19T23:17:35Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Philip Oakley wrote:\n\n> From: \"Vincent van Ravesteijn\" \n> > Op 18-10-2011 6:08, Andrew Ardill schreef:\n> > > Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to \n> > > compile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps \n> > > there is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the \n> > > moment.\n\nThe quickest way to get Git for Windows compiled is to download & run\nmsysGit-netinstall from http://msysgit.googlecode.com/.\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"},{"id":"178074","messageId":"A055FD803312493896025A226B6D6E29@PhilipOakley","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"alpine.DEB.1.00.1110191816500.32316@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info","subject":"Re: [msysGit] Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":"2011-10-20T07:06:16Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-20T07:06:16Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"From: \"Johannes Schindelin\" \nSent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:17 AM\n> On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Philip Oakley wrote:\n>\n>> From: \"Vincent van Ravesteijn\" \n>> > Op 18-10-2011 6:08, Andrew Ardill schreef:\n>> > > Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to\n>> > > compile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps\n>> > > there is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the\n>> > > moment.\n>\n> The quickest way to get Git for Windows compiled is to download & run\n> msysGit-netinstall from http://msysgit.googlecode.com/.\n>\nJohannes,\nI've got the msysGit-netinstall, which is excellent, however it was the \nadditional setting up of MSVC (Microsoft Visual Studio) that I was trying to \nget going as an IDE tool - Its a tool I have to use at work so I'm familiar \nwith it. I know that an MSVC compilation is not perfect..., but it would \nallow me easier development before a proper gcc compilation.\n\nThe C:\\msysgit\\git\\compat\\vcbuild\\README gave details of the extra parts to \ndownload but it wasn't clear to me where I should put them within the C:\\ or \nC:\\msysgit\\ directory.\n\nThe msysGit-netinstall already includes git (C:\\msysgit\\git), so I wasn't \nsure if I should download it a second time as instructed in the README. With \nthe improvements in msysGit-netinstall I expect that the README is slightly \nout of date for the case where the netinstall was used. The blog post gave \nan indication of _where_ the downloads were to be placed, but was otherwise \nvery similar to the README instructions.\n\nregards\nPhilip\n"},{"id":"178105","messageId":"4EA094D2.7050807@lyx.org","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"2015B7F2CEAE4B449EA4EF744F9B8FD9@PhilipOakley","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Vincent van Ravesteijn","fromEmail":"vfr@lyx.org","sentAt":"2011-10-20T21:38:26Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-20T21:38:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"vfr@lyx.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/687868?v=4"},"body":"\n>> I once wrote a little step-by-step tutorial on how to compile the \n>> native Windows Git with MSVC (Express).\n>>\n>> http://blog.vfrconsultancy.nl/#post0\n>\n> The blog post filled in a few gaps in the Msysgit README instructions \n> about where to place the various downloads described.\n\nI updated the post a little so that it actually works again. I somehow \nlike to have a real native Windows compilation of Git.\n\nTo successfully compile Git, we also need to change\n> #include \ninto\n> #include \n\nI have seen some communication about this in the past, but nobody cared \nenough to fix this.\n\nShall I sent a patch that adds a file \"compat/win32/sys/resource.h\" \nwhich just includes \"io.h\" ? Or is there another more prefered way to \nfix this ?\n\nVincent\n"},{"id":"178117","messageId":"CABPQNSYkBg9pc15kCgzcoqhHFVom48zxYmT4N1GbyRsdLvC9iA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28707","inReplyTo":"4EA094D2.7050807@lyx.org","subject":"Re: Compiling on Windows","fromName":"Erik Faye-Lund","fromEmail":"kusmabite@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-10-21T11:41:25Z","receivedAt":"2011-10-21T11:41:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kusmabite@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47073?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:\n>\n>>> I once wrote a little step-by-step tutorial on how to compile the native\n>>> Windows Git with MSVC (Express).\n>>>\n>>> http://blog.vfrconsultancy.nl/#post0\n>>\n>> The blog post filled in a few gaps in the Msysgit README instructions\n>> about where to place the various downloads described.\n>\n> I updated the post a little so that it actually works again. I somehow like\n> to have a real native Windows compilation of Git.\n\nGit for Windows is a \"real native Windows compilation of Git\". You\ndon't need a MSVC-compiled binary for that.\n\n> To successfully compile Git, we also need to change\n>>\n>> #include \n>\n> into\n>>\n>> #include \n>\n> I have seen some communication about this in the past, but nobody cared\n> enough to fix this.\n>\n\nThere's been some patches dealing with this recently on the msysgit\nmailing list. Look for the patches prefixed with \"MSVC\" in Karsten\nBlees' Unicode series. They will be kicked out of the next iteration\nof the Unicode series, but if you want to pick them up, clean up the\nissues pointed out and re-submit them, that'd be very welcome.\n\n> Shall I sent a patch that adds a file \"compat/win32/sys/resource.h\" which\n> just includes \"io.h\" ? Or is there another more prefered way to fix this ?\n\nI would prefer to be included from compat/msvc.h instead,\nbecause isn't a replacement.\n\nAs for the missing , I'm not so sure. We don't have\n in msysGit either, and I personally don't like the\nwhole adding-stub-headers approach too much, but it does seem to be\nthe precedence set for the MSVC-build...\n\nIn general I'd say that no-one have worked the MSVC-support in a\nwhile, patches would be welcome :)\n"}]}