From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:19:29 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2011, #03; Sun, 13)
Message-ID: <4EC0C101.4060001@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vmxbzl5ch.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

IMO, these two topics can move forward:

> * vr/msvc (2011-10-31) 3 commits
>  - MSVC: Remove unneeded header stubs
>  - Compile fix for MSVC: Include <io.h>
>  - Compile fix for MSVC: Do not include sys/resources.h
> 
> It seems this needs to be rehashed with msysgit folks.

With these patches, git can be built with MSVC. The result is usable,
although a few tests still fail.

> * na/strtoimax (2011-11-05) 3 commits
>  - Support sizes >=2G in various config options accepting 'g' sizes.
>  - Compatibility: declare strtoimax() under NO_STRTOUMAX
>  - Add strtoimax() compatibility function.
> 
> It seems this needs to be rehashed with msysgit folks.

There were a few curiosities around strtoimax being present in MinGW or
not, but these have been resolved. Also, whether or not we should define
NO_STRTOUMAX for the MinGW build is an independent matter.

-- Hannes