Re: Working on Git on MS Windows

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 3, 2009, 22:07 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0908040005170.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200908031828.42426.jnareb@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 3 Aug 2009, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> On Mon, 3 Aug 2009, Thiago Farina wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Jakub Narebski<jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Thiago Farina <thiago.farina@gmail.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>> I'm new to git, I already downloaded the msysgit. I'm working with 
> >>> git a couples weeks now. But I want to start debugging the git 
> >>> source code in Windows. How can I do that? Can I do that using 
> >>> Visual Studio, or there are other methods to debug git?
> >>
> >> Git uses GNU make as a build tool, so I am not sure if you can 
> >> develop Git with MS Visual Studio.  You should have GNU make 
> >> installed if you have chosen appropriate version of msysGit (the one 
> >> with developer tools).
> >
> > I can build the git with make which was installed by msysGit. But I 
> > want to debug, not only build.
> 
> I don't know if you can debug msysGit with MS Visual Studio.

I have no idea if that is possible, and I have no inclination to install/buy MS Visual Studio to find out.

However, I think I can assist anybody trying to do it. You'll have to know how to operate Visual Studio, though, and come back with specific things that do not work.

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> I think you should be able to, as msysGit is native Windows application. 
> But I do not program on MS Windows myself.
> 
> Perhaps this question should be better asked on msysGit Google Group?
> http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit

Almost definitely.

Ciao, Dscho