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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16e9424 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/vsenv.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +## Force Visual Studio environment activation + +Since `0.59.0`, meson automatically activates Visual Studio environment on Windows +for all its subcommands, but only if no other compilers (e.g. `gcc` or `clang`) +are found, and silently continue if Visual Studio activation fails. + +`meson setup --vsenv` command line argument can now be used to force Visual Studio +activation even when other compilers are found. It also make Meson abort with an +error message when activation fails. This is especially useful for Github Action +because their Windows images have gcc in their PATH by default. + +`--vsenv` is set by default when using `vs` backend. + +Only `setup`, `compile`, `dist` and `devenv` subcommands now activate Visual Studio. |