Re: [Ietf-and-github] Seeking feedback on draft-ietf-git-using-github and Git tutorial

"Martin Thomson" <mt@lowentropy.net> Thu, 10 October 2019 22:17 UTC

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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:17:21 +1100
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: Re: [Ietf-and-github] Seeking feedback on draft-ietf-git-using-github and Git tutorial
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2019, at 07:13, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> The subsystem for linux is probably the right answer here (thanks, 
> Mike!)

Yes, this is the configuration I use.  I used to use cygwin, which should work, but it's a lot more difficult to setup.

> but for completeness: Microsoft seems to have nmake docs at
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/nmake-reference?view=vs-2019
> which presumably are comparable to most of Microsoft's docs.  I've never
> actually used jot myself, so I can't say much more about it than people 
> use
> it in order to do parallel builds (not possible with nmake).

I've never tried using nmake.  My guess is that it would fail spectacularly.