From: Philip Oakley Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:06:16 GMT Subject: Re: [msysGit] Re: Compiling on Windows Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: "Johannes Schindelin" Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:17 AM > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Philip Oakley wrote: > >> From: "Vincent van Ravesteijn" >> > 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. > > The quickest way to get Git for Windows compiled is to download & run > msysGit-netinstall from http://msysgit.googlecode.com/. > Johannes, I've got the msysGit-netinstall, which is excellent, however it was the additional setting up of MSVC (Microsoft Visual Studio) that I was trying to get going as an IDE tool - Its a tool I have to use at work so I'm familiar with it. I know that an MSVC compilation is not perfect..., but it would allow me easier development before a proper gcc compilation. The C:\msysgit\git\compat\vcbuild\README gave details of the extra parts to download but it wasn't clear to me where I should put them within the C:\ or C:\msysgit\ directory. The msysGit-netinstall already includes git (C:\msysgit\git), so I wasn't sure if I should download it a second time as instructed in the README. With the improvements in msysGit-netinstall I expect that the README is slightly out of date for the case where the netinstall was used. The blog post gave an indication of _where_ the downloads were to be placed, but was otherwise very similar to the README instructions. regards Philip