Re: ./configure fails to link test program due to missing dependencies

> Sure. And I'm happy to (help) improve the documentation. I've already
> pushed a fix to the page Johannes linked, since it was many years out of
> date (???) and didn't reflect the fact that meson will automatically
> detect the Visual Studio toolset for you.
>
> (Note that since meson will "automatically do the right thing" here,
> that means it is practical for a plugin to run meson under the hood for
> you... much like how cmake plugins handle things.)
>
>
> As far as reading this thread goes, though, I assume that in such a
> future, people who want to build git using meson in Visual Studio would
> be optimally served by a slight reorganization to ./INSTALL to provide
> guidance on where to find meson and what plugin to use, which provides
> an additional entrypoint for clarification. :)