From: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> VS2015 complains when using a const pointer in memcpy()/free(). Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- compat/mingw.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c index 0d8713e515..d14d33308d 100644 --- a/compat/mingw.c +++ b/compat/mingw.c @@ -1553,7 +1553,10 @@ static int try_shell_exec(const char *cmd, char *const *argv) if (prog) { int exec_id; int argc = 0; - const char **argv2; +#ifndef _MSC_VER + const +#endif + char **argv2; while (argv[argc]) argc++; ALLOC_ARRAY(argv2, argc + 1); argv2[0] = (char *)cmd; /* full path to the script file */ -- gitgitgadget