From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file 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 -- gitgitgadget
