Windows Support.

tbranyen · tbranyen · commit 8ad3900dec16 · 2014-05-02T00:17:23.000-04:00
This commit finally introduces passing Windows support for both Win32
and Win64 operating systems.

Note: If you are installing on a modern Windows operating system such as
Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8.1 and are using the latest Visual
Studio, you may have to toggle the installation from the standard

  npm install

to instead use the following build flag:

  npm install --msvs_version=2013

All tests should be passing, per the CI.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ http://www.nodegit.org/nodegit/
 
 ## Building and Installing. ##
 
-Dependencies:
+Minimum dependencies:
 
 * [Python 2](https://www.python.org/)
 * [CMake >= 2.8](http://www.cmake.org/)
@@ -49,18 +49,46 @@ correctly.
 
 ### Installing dependencies: ###
 
-Using Brew on OS X:
+#### OS X ####
+
+Using Brew:
 
 ``` bash
 brew install cmake libzip
 ```
 
-Using APT on Ubuntu:
+#### Linux ####
+
+Using APT in Ubuntu:
 
 ``` bash
 sudo apt-get install cmake libzip-dev build-essential
 ```
 
+Using Pacman in Arch Linux:
+
+``` bash
+sudo pacman -S cmake libzip base-devel
+```
+
+#### Windows ####
+
+For Windows users, you will have to install Visual Studio Express.  You may
+have to add a build flag to the installation process to successfully install.
+Try first without, if the build fails, try again with the flag.
+
+*Allegedly the order in which you install Visual Studio could trigger this
+error.*
+
+- [Download and install CMake](http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html).
+- [Download and install Python](https://www.python.org/download/windows)
+- [Download and install VS Express](http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#d-express-windows-desktop)
+
+``` bash
+npm install nodegit --msvs_version=2013
+# Or whatever version you've installed.
+```
+
 ## API examples. ##
 
 ### Cloning a repository and reading a file: ###
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ install:
   - cmd: SET PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\;%PATH%
   - cmd: SET PATH=c:\python27;%PATH%
   - cmd: npm install -g node-gyp
-  - npm install
+  - npm install --msvs_version=2013
 
 test_script:
   - node --version
diff --git a/install.js b/install.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Core Node.js modules.
+var os = require('os');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var zlib = require('zlib');
@@ -135,6 +136,11 @@ var dependencies = Q.allSettled([
       '-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC',
       '-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo'
     ]);
+
+    // If the architecture is 64bit, have to change the generator.
+    if (os.arch() === 'x64') {
+      flags.push('-G "Visual Studio 12 Win64"');
+    }
   }
 
   return Q.nfcall(exec, 'cmake .. ' + flags.join(' '), {
@@ -169,7 +175,8 @@ var dependencies = Q.allSettled([
   return Q.nfcall(exec, systemPath([
     '.', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'node-gyp build'
   ]), {
-    cwd: '.'
+    cwd: '.',
+    maxBuffer: Number.MAX_VALUE
   });
 })
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "request": "~2.25.0",
-    "node-gyp": "~0.10.9",
+    "node-gyp": "~0.13.0",
     "tar": "~0.1.18",
     "which": "~1.0.5",
     "q": "~0.9.6",
-    "node-gyp": "~0.8.2",
     "fs-extra": "0.6.0",
     "nan": "0.8.0",
     "rimraf": "~2.2.6"
