Build on Windows

Download prerequisites

1. `Git <http://git-scm.com/download/win>`_
2. `Visual Studio Community 2019 <https://www.visualstudio.com/>`_ (be sure to select C++ during installation)
3. `Qt 5 <https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer>`_

Clone the git repo

git clone ssh://git@dev.swift-project.org/source/pilotclient.git
git submodule update --init

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Compile

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With Qt Creator

Actually you should be able to directly open the cloned repo as project in QtC. Setup your Qt kit and then it should compile.

• After that you should be able to start your swift applications. Maybe you have to start QtC after the very first compilation to see that context menu.

• If you change the branch or you pull a new swift version consider running qmake from the QtC again, sometimes new files are not recognized otherwise.

With qmake and Visual C++ IDE

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86
qmake -tp vc -Wlogic -spec win32-msvc -r C:\path\to\swift\swift.pro

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With qmake and MinGW

qmake -Wlogic -spec win32-g++ -r C:\path\to\swift\swift.pro
mingw32-make

With Clang

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