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Re: [PATCH 13/14] Add README for MSVC build

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Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 16, 2009, 01:22 UTC
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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Marius Storm-Olsen <mstormo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Based on original README patch from Frank Li
>
> Signed-off-by: Marius Storm-Olsen <mstormo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  compat/vcbuild/README |   39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 compat/vcbuild/README
>
> diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/README b/compat/vcbuild/README
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5d7a07a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/compat/vcbuild/README
> @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
> +The Steps of Build Git with VS2008
> +
> +1. You need the build environment, which contains the Git dependencies
> +   to be able to compile, link and run Git with MSVC.
> +
> +   You can either use the binary repository:
> +
> +       WWW: http://repo.or.cz/w/msvcgit.git
> +       Git: git clone git://repo.or.cz/msvcgit.git
> +       Zip: http://repo.or.cz/w/msvcgit.git?a=snapshot;h=master;sf=zip
> +
> +   and call the setup_32bit_env.cmd batch script before compiling Git,
> +   (see repo/package README for details), or the source repository:
> +
> +       WWW: http://repo.or.cz/w/gitbuild.git
> +       Git: git clone git://repo.or.cz/gitbuild.git
> +       Zip: (None, as it's a project with submodules)
> +
> +   and build the support libs as instructed in that repo/package.
> +
> +2. Ensure you have the msysgit environment in your path, so you have
> +   GNU Make, bash and perl available.
> +
> +       WWW: http://repo.or.cz/w/msysgit.git
> +       Git: git clone git://repo.or.cz/msysgit.git
> +       Zip: http://repo.or.cz/w/msysgit.git?a=snapshot;h=master;sf=zip
> +
> +   This environment is also needed when you use the resulting
> +   executables, since Git might need to run scripts which are part of
> +   the git operations.
> +
> +4. Inside Git's directory run the command:
Shouldn't be 3.?
> +       make common-cmds.h
> +   to generate the common-cmds.h file needed to compile git.
> +
> +5. Then build Git with the GNU Make Makefile in the Git projects root
4.?
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> +       make MSVC=1
> +
> +Done!
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Message 16 of 21 in “Build Git with MSVC”
  1. 00/14 Build Git with MSVCMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  2. 01/14 Avoid declaration after statementMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  3. 02/14 Add define guards to compat/win32.hMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  4. 03/14 Change regerror() declaration from K&R style to ANSI C (C89)Marius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  5. 04/14 Set _O_BINARY as default fmode for both MinGW and MSVCMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  6. 05/14 Fix __stdcall placement and function prototypeMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  7. 06/14 Test for WIN32 instead of __MINGW32_Marius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  8. 07/14 Add empty header files for MSVC portMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  9. 08/14 Add MinGW header files to build git with MSVCMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  10. 09/14 Add platform files for MSVC portingMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  11. 10/14 Make usage of windows.h lean and meanMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  12. 11/14 Define strncasecmp and ftruncate for MSVCMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  13. 12/14 Add MSVC to MakefileMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  14. 13/14 Add README for MSVC buildMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  15. 14/14 Add scripts to generate projects for other buildsystems (MSVC vcproj, QMake)Marius Storm-Olsen, Sep 15, 2009
  16. Thiago FarinaSep 16, 2009
  17. Marius Storm-OlsenSep 16, 2009
  18. Alexey BorzenkovSep 15, 2009
  19. Alexey BorzenkovSep 15, 2009
  20. Alexey BorzenkovSep 15, 2009
  21. Marius Storm-OlsenSep 15, 2009

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