Re: vc integration for windows

[Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>]

On 21 June 2012 09:18, Mark Mikofski <bwanamarko yahoo com> wrote:
> Hi Kai,
>
> I am very interested in working integrating version control in meld for
> windows. I have looked for the vc-patch from cygwin, but I wasn't sure
> exactly which file I was looking for.
>
> Can you point to me which modules, and which lines in meld I should be
> looking for, and what libraries need to ported to Windows?

There's no specific modules that need porting; we've just got some
unix-y assumptions here and there. The best thing you can do is test
and give feedback on the existing patches, and report any additional
bugs you find.

The two bugs that I'm aware of that relate to Windows support are:
  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578985
(ignore everything other than the last two patches), and:
  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=615661

Honestly, the biggest thing standing in the way of better Windows
support is me getting around to setting up a Windows dev environment
so that I can actually test the patches. For example, for the
git-on-windows issue with path separators (bug 615661), I'd like to
know whether this is cygwin-specific, or whether msysgit has the same
behaviour.

cheers,
Kai