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Re: Compiling on Windows

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Oct 19, 2011, 21:46 UTC
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From: "Vincent van Ravesteijn" <vfr@lyx.org>
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> Op 18-10-2011 6:08, Andrew Ardill schreef:
>> Hi list, I have been searching for details on what is required to
>> compile on Windows, but haven't found anything conclusive. Perhaps
>> there is something on the wiki, but unfortunately it is down at the
>> moment.
>>
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would like to be able to
>> compile and test topic branches, and perhaps even do some dev work on
>> my windows machine.
>
> I once wrote a little step-by-step tutorial on how to compile the native 
> Windows Git with MSVC (Express).
>
> http://blog.vfrconsultancy.nl/#post0

The blog post filled in a few gaps in the Msysgit README instructions about where to place the various downloads described.

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>
> Be aware that git runs without apparent problems, but that all 
> functionality written in shell scripts can't be used.
>
> HTH,
>
> Vincent
> --

Many thanks, it saved me asking. Philip

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Message 8 of 12 in “Compiling on Windows”
  1. Andrew ArdillOct 18, 2011
  2. Frans KlaverOct 18, 2011
  3. Andrew ArdillOct 18, 2011
  4. Erik Faye-LundOct 18, 2011
  5. Sebastian SchuberthOct 18, 2011
  6. Alexey ShumkinOct 18, 2011
  7. Vincent van RavesteijnOct 19, 2011
  8. Philip OakleyOct 19, 2011
  9. Johannes SchindelinOct 19, 2011
  10. Philip OakleyOct 20, 2011
  11. Vincent van RavesteijnOct 20, 2011
  12. Erik Faye-LundOct 21, 2011

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