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authorSamuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>2011-10-15 14:04:50 -0400
committerSamuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>2011-10-15 14:04:50 -0400
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Add a tip for Windows users with separate MSYS and git installs.
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@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ run on 9x).
since. Please either update msys, or delete /mingw/bin/sdl-config so it
won't interfere with the copy shipped with Crawl.
+* For you stubborn types who insist on using separate msys and git installs,
+ make sure git.exe is in your PATH when trying to build from git! Otherwise,
+ util/gen_ver.pl will most likely fail to generate build.h.
+
Building on Windows (cygwin)
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