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| author |  Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> | 2020-09-30 15:26:23 +0000 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-09-30 13:26:54 -0700 |
| commit | f2f1250c47fd967b7678cad329438e8deac62038 (patch) | |
| tree | 00bb50156cf95e33e5fbfc2fa7f08d804f216f7e | |
| parent | cmake (Windows): initialize vcpkg/build dependencies automatically (diff) | |
| download | tgif-f2f1250c47fd967b7678cad329438e8deac62038.tar.xz | |
cmake (Windows): recommend using Visual Studio's built-in CMake support
It is a lot more convenient to use than having to specify the
configuration in CMake manually (does not matter whether using the
command-line or CMake's GUI).
While at it, recommend using `contrib/buildsystems/out/` as build
directory also in the part that talks about running CMake manually.
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt index ebadae2271..df539a44fa 100644 --- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt +++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt @@ -4,17 +4,25 @@ #[[ -Instructions to run CMake: +Instructions how to use this in Visual Studio: -cmake `relative-path-to-CMakeLists.txt` -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Eg. -From the root of git source tree - `cmake contrib/buildsystems/ ` -This will build the git binaries at the root +Open the worktree as a folder. Visual Studio 2019 and later will detect +the CMake configuration automatically and set everything up for you, +ready to build. You can then run the tests in `t/` via a regular Git Bash. -For out of source builds, say build in 'git/git-build/' - `mkdir git-build;cd git-build; cmake ../contrib/buildsystems/` -This will build the git binaries in git-build directory +Note: Visual Studio also has the option of opening `CMakeLists.txt` +directly; Using this option, Visual Studio will not find the source code, +though, therefore the `File>Open>Folder...` option is preferred. + +Instructions to run CMake manually: + + mkdir -p contrib/buildsystems/out + cd contrib/buildsystems/out + cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release + +This will build the git binaries in contrib/buildsystems/out +directory (our top-level .gitignore file knows to ignore contents of +this directory). Possible build configurations(-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE) with corresponding compiler flags |