From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:46:34 GMT
Subject: Re: Compiling on Windows
Message-ID: <2015B7F2CEAE4B449EA4EF744F9B8FD9@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <4E9E811C.10205@lyx.org>

From: "Vincent van Ravesteijn" <vfr@lyx.org>
> 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.

>
> 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