Re: [PATCH 2/3] contrib/buildsystems: drop support for building .vcproj/.vcxproj files
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Jun 2, 2025, 08:38 UTC
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- <c3273a46-aab4-8dda-1634-9de233290f55@gmx.de>
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- <1ec2a4bb1d58ea8cfa6abb2a0e625ef3e0db2a1f.1746430790.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Hi Junio,
On Mon, 5 May 2025, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> > > Before we had CMake support, the only way to build Git in Visual Studio > was via this hacky `generate` script. > > For a while I tried to fix whenever things got broken, in particular to > allow building confidence in embargoed releases by running the CI builds > in Azure Pipelines in a private Azure DevOps project. I even carried the > patches in Git for Windows with the intention of upstreaming them, > eventually. > > However, it is a lot of work with too little benefit. CMake is much > better supported by Visual Studio. So let's drop this hacky script (plus > support code).
I just noticed that you applied this patch as dc5e178f608f (contrib/buildsystems: drop support for building . vcproj/.vcxproj files, 2025-05-05). Notice the incorrect space between "." and "vcproj". Any idea where that came from?
Ciao, Johannes