From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Philip Oakley" Subject: Re: Compiling on Windows Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:46:34 +0100 Organization: OPDS Message-ID: <2015B7F2CEAE4B449EA4EF744F9B8FD9@PhilipOakley> References: <4E9E811C.10205@lyx.org> Reply-To: "Philip Oakley" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Git MsysGit" , To: "Andrew Ardill" , "Vincent van Ravesteijn" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 19 23:46:40 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGdyC-0000cI-2n for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:46:40 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754566Ab1JSVqf (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:46:35 -0400 Received: from out1.ip05ir2.opaltelecom.net ([62.24.128.241]:59922 "EHLO out1.ip05ir2.opaltelecom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752445Ab1JSVqf (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:46:35 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhobADpEn05cHKAK/2dsb2JhbABEhHWFTZ01gQqBBgQDAQIBgV4BBAEBBAEIAQEZFR4BASELAgMFAgEDFQUCBSECAhQBBBoGBwkBDQYBEggCAQIDAYU3B4IpCAIGpCSSBIEwhVczYQSlVg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,374,1315177200"; d="scan'208";a="358397568" Received: from host-92-28-160-10.as13285.net (HELO PhilipOakley) ([92.28.160.10]) by out1.ip05ir2.opaltelecom.net with SMTP; 19 Oct 2011 22:46:33 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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. >> >> Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would like to be able to >> compile and test topic branches, and perhaps even do some dev work on >> my windows machine. > > I once wrote a little step-by-step tutorial on how to compile the native > Windows Git with MSVC (Express). > > http://blog.vfrconsultancy.nl/#post0 The blog post filled in a few gaps in the Msysgit README instructions about where to place the various downloads described. > > Be aware that git runs without apparent problems, but that all > functionality written in shell scripts can't be used. > > HTH, > > Vincent > -- Many thanks, it saved me asking. Philip