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fixup! CONTRIBUTING.md: add guide for first-time contributors
Let's not recommend the `vs/master` branch anymore (which we stopped updating), but instead recommend the much better CMake-based way to build Git in Visual Studio. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
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### Using `vs/master` Solution
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### Using the IDE
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If you prefer working in Visual Studio with a solution full of projects, then there is a
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branch in Git for Windows called [`vs/master`](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/branches).
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This branch is kept up-to-date with the `master` branch, except it has one more commit that
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contains the solution and project files. Read [the wiki page on this approach](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Compiling-Git-with-Visual-Studio) for more information.
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I want to make a small warning before you start working on the `vs/master` branch. If you
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create a new topic branch based on `vs/master`, you will need to rebase onto `master` before
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you can submit a pull request. The commit at the tip of `vs/master` is not intended to ever
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become part of the `master` branch. If you created a branch, `myTopic` based on `vs/master`,
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then use the following rebase command to move it onto the `master` branch:
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```
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git rebase --onto master vs/master myTopic
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```
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If you prefer working in Visual Studio with a solution full of projects, then you can use
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CMake, either by letting Visual Studio configure it automatically (simply open Git's
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top-level directory via `File>Open>Folder...`) or by (downloading and) running
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[CMake](https://cmake.org) manually.
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