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Re: [PATCH 14/14] Add README and gitignore file for MSVC build

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Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@storm-olsen.com>
Date
Aug 23, 2009, 18:59 UTC
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Reece Dunn said the following on 23.08.2009 20:22:
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> 2009/8/23 Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Marius Storm-Olsen<mstormo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From: Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> +3. Open gitbuild\gitbuild.sln with VS2008. Then press F7.
>> F7 does nothing in VS2008, to build the solution you have to press
>> Ctrl+Shift+B. To build and start debugging you have to press F5, and
>> for start without debbuging support is Ctrl+F5.
> 
> IIRC, Visual Studio can be configured to use different keyboard shortcuts.
> 
> However, saying "press F7" says nothing of the intent. It would
> probably be better to have this say something like "Then build the
> solution." or "Open gitbuild\gitbuild.sln with Visual Studio 2008,
> then build it." But then you don't need to open Visual Studio 2008 to
> build it (you can build it from command line).
> 
> So, how about:
>    3. You can now build git with Visual Studio 2008 using the
> gitbuild\gitbuild.sln file.
> 
> - Reece

Agreed. Thanks guys.

-- .marius

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Message 18 of 49 in “Build git with MSVC”
  1. 00/14 Build git with MSVCMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  2. 01/14 Fix non-constant array creationMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  3. 02/14 Avoid declaration after statementMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  4. 03/14 Define SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR=1 for Microsoft Visual C++Marius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  5. 04/14 Add define guards to compat/win32.hMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  6. 05/14 Change regerror() declaration from K&R style to ANSI C (C89)Marius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  7. 06/14 mingw.c: Use the O_BINARY flag to open filesMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  8. 07/14 Fix __stdcall/WINAPI placement and function prototypeMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  9. 08/14 Test for WIN32 instead of __MINGW32_Marius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  10. 09/14 Avoid including windows.h in winansi.c for MSVC buildMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  11. 10/14 Add empty header files for MSVC portMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  12. 11/14 Add MinGW header files to build git with MSVCMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  13. 12/14 Add platform files for MSVC portingMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  14. 13/14 Add MSVC project filesMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  15. 14/14 Add README and gitignore file for MSVC buildMarius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  16. Thiago FarinaAug 23, 2009
  17. Reece DunnAug 23, 2009
  18. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 23, 2009
  19. Thiago FarinaAug 23, 2009
  20. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 24, 2009
  21. Frank LiAug 25, 2009
  22. Thiago FarinaAug 25, 2009
  23. Frank LiAug 27, 2009
  24. Thiago FarinaAug 27, 2009
  25. Erik Faye-LundSep 7, 2009
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2009
  27. Reece DunnAug 21, 2009
  28. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 22, 2009
  29. Paolo BonziniAug 28, 2009
  30. Johannes SixtAug 21, 2009
  31. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 21, 2009
  32. Frank LiAug 21, 2009
  33. 05/14 Change regerror() definition from K&R style to ANSI C (C89)Marius Storm-Olsen, Aug 21, 2009
  34. Frank LiAug 22, 2009
  35. Erik Faye-LundAug 24, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2009
  37. Johan 't HartAug 21, 2009
  38. Johannes SixtAug 21, 2009
  39. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2009
  40. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 22, 2009
  41. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 22, 2009
  42. Erik Faye-LundAug 21, 2009
  43. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 21, 2009
  44. Janos LaubeAug 21, 2009
  45. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 21, 2009
  46. Johan 't HartAug 21, 2009
  47. Erik Faye-LundAug 22, 2009
  48. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2009
  49. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2009

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