Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> > writes: > >> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> >> >> When using CMake to generate the files required to build Git in Visual >> Studio, a bunch of files are generated. We will want to prevent them >> from being tracked in Git. > > If we were to go this route, let's > > * update the log message to say that we assume we will use CMake to > build in-place. > > * update the comment in the top part of the CMakeList.txt that > suggests it is a possibility to use it from subdirectories. Sorry, sent too soon. Either s/update/remove/, or to say that this project assume things are built in-place. > * optionally, update the same comment to recommend "clean -xdf" > as a way to bring the source tree back to the pristine state. > > Will queue with a tentative attempt to do the first bullet point to > save one roundtip, something like: > > When using CMake to generate the files required to build Git > in-place for Visual Studio, ... > > Other two points needs help from others (iow, I won't do so myself > right now). > > Thanks.
