From cc746f5ed2ef5ab6cbae9626303ad64ee8cc6f12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sup Yut Sum Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:55:55 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Visual C++ 2012 Express is called Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Signed-off-by: Sup Yut Sum --- build.txt | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/build.txt b/build.txt index df79589d7..645ff0877 100644 --- a/build.txt +++ b/build.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Compiling TortoiseGit is not very difficult, but it requires several steps to finish, at least the first time. Unlike other big open source projects, once you have built all the libraries -TortoiseGit depends on, you can use the familiar VisualStudio IDE to build +TortoiseGit depends on, you can use the familiar Visual Studio IDE to build and debug the binaries. No need to run the build script for every little change. So don't give up if you read through the next section and all the requirements. @@ -16,24 +16,22 @@ You only have to do this once. \subsection Requirements1 First, you need to install the compiler package. --# You need VS2012 with Update 1 (or at least Visual Studio 2010) to allow +-# You need VS2012 Professional with Update 1 (or at least VS 2010 Professional) to allow building of the full TortoiseGit package. If you don't have the Update 1 installed for VS2012 you cannot build binaries which run on Windows XP. This is the recommended option, but it is not free :-( If you want to build the msi make sure the "Tools for Redistributing Applications" are installed. --# If you do not have access to VS.NET you can download the free - Visual C++ 2012 Express Edition. +-# If you do not have access to VS Professional you can download the free + Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop. This will allow you to build the subversion libraries and the TortoiseGitBlame, TortoiseGitUDiff, TortoiseGitIDiff, CrashRpt and ResText projects only. You can not build the main parts of TortoiseGit(shell extension, TortoiseGitProc, TGitCache, TortoiseGitMerge) with the Express Edition! - - Install Visual C++ 2012 Express Edition. - Download it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/ - - Install MASM 6.15 from: http://win32assembly.online.fr/files/masm615.zip - and add it to the PATH environment variable + - Install Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop. + Download it from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-for-windows-desktop \note Do not bother to install WiX and Votive as you cannot build very much. \subsection Requirements2 Next you need to install some utilities/programs. -- 2.11.4.GIT