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diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/README b/compat/vcbuild/README index 354526af8b..df8a6574c9 100644 --- a/compat/vcbuild/README +++ b/compat/vcbuild/README @@ -33,7 +33,18 @@ The Steps of Build Git with VS2008 make common-cmds.h to generate the common-cmds.h file needed to compile git. -4. Then build Git with the GNU Make Makefile in the Git projects root +4. Then either build Git with the GNU Make Makefile in the Git projects + root make MSVC=1 + or generate Visual Studio solution/projects (.sln/.vcproj) with the + command + perl contrib/buildsystems/generate -g Vcproj + and open and build the solution with the IDE + devenv git.sln /useenv + or build with the IDE build engine directly from the command line + devenv git.sln /useenv /build "Release|Win32" + The /useenv option is required, so Visual Studio picks up the + environment variables for the support libraries required to build + Git, which you set up in step 1. Done! |