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.exe.exe files generated when doing MSVC build #2965

@dennisameling

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@dennisameling
  • I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Setup

  • Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
(Using the Git for Windows SDK)

$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.30.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 18da6dbba950f8cc7b7d07057f7c30bf7cf207b6
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
  • Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.685]
  • What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
    defaults?
N/A, using Git SDK 64
  • Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
    to the issue you're seeing?

N/A

Details

  • Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

Git SDK Bash

As part of the Git for Windows arm64 work (see #2346 (comment) for details), I'm trying to build mingw32 and then overwrite some executables by native arm64 executables, by following the steps outlined here: #2915 (comment)

cd /usr/src/git
mkdir -p contrib/buildsystems/out
cd contrib/buildsystems/out
cmake ../ -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=arm64 -DVCPKG_ARCH=arm64-windows -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="C:\gitbuild"

# Build the Git executables
msbuild git.sln -property:Configuration=Release

# Link the Git executables
msbuild INSTALL.vcxproj -property:Configuration=Release
  • What did you expect to occur after running these commands?

I expected the generated executables in C:\gitbuild\libexec\git-core to end with .exe.

  • What actually happened instead?

Many generated executables end with .exe.exe:

image

This can also be seen in cmake_install.cmake:

image

Not sure what is causing this behavior and how I can fix it. Does anyone have any pointers as to what this might be?

  • If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
    URL to that repository to help us with testing?

N/A

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