[PATCH 4/5] vcbuild/readme: Improve layout and reference msvc-build script

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>

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Dec 24, 2014, 10:47 UTC

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Reference the Msysgit build script which automates one sequence of options.

Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
---
 compat/vcbuild/README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/README b/compat/vcbuild/README
index df8a657..7548dc4 100644
--- a/compat/vcbuild/README
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/README
@@ -3,20 +3,24 @@ The Steps of Build Git with VS2008
 1. You need the build environment, which contains the Git dependencies
    to be able to compile, link and run Git with MSVC.
 
-   You can either use the binary repository:
+   You can either:
+      use the binary repository:
 
        WWW: http://repo.or.cz/w/msvcgit.git
        Git: git clone git://repo.or.cz/msvcgit.git
        Zip: http://repo.or.cz/w/msvcgit.git?a=snapshot;h=master;sf=zip
 
-   and call the setup_32bit_env.cmd batch script before compiling Git,
-   (see repo/package README for details), or the source repository:
+      and call the setup_32bit_env.cmd batch script before compiling Git,
+     (see repo/package README for details),
+
+   or:
+      use the source repository:
 
        WWW: http://repo.or.cz/w/gitbuild.git
        Git: git clone git://repo.or.cz/gitbuild.git
        Zip: (None, as it's a project with submodules)
 
-   and build the support libs as instructed in that repo/package.
+     and build the support libs as instructed in that repo/package.
 
 2. Ensure you have the msysgit environment in your path, so you have
    GNU Make, bash and perl available.
@@ -33,18 +37,25 @@ The Steps of Build Git with VS2008
        make common-cmds.h
    to generate the common-cmds.h file needed to compile git.
 
-4. Then either build Git with the GNU Make Makefile in the Git projects
-   root
+4. Then either
+
+     build Git with the GNU Make Makefile in the Git projects root
        make MSVC=1
-   or generate Visual Studio solution/projects (.sln/.vcproj) with the
+   or
+
+   generate Visual Studio solution/projects (.sln/.vcproj) with the
    command
        perl contrib/buildsystems/generate -g Vcproj
    and open and build the solution with the IDE
        devenv git.sln /useenv
-   or build with the IDE build engine directly from the command line
+     or
+
+   build with the IDE build engine directly from the command line
        devenv git.sln /useenv /build "Release|Win32"
    The /useenv option is required, so Visual Studio picks up the
    environment variables for the support libraries required to build
    Git, which you set up in step 1.
 
 Done!
+
+Or, use the Msysgit msvc-build script; available from that project.

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