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Adds instructions for using cygpath
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* The <code>-here</code> flag can only be provided for MozillaBuild 4.0 and newer. Remove it from <code>commandline</code> if you're using MozillaBuild 3.4 or earlier. | * The <code>-here</code> flag can only be provided for MozillaBuild 4.0 and newer. Remove it from <code>commandline</code> if you're using MozillaBuild 3.4 or earlier. | ||
* Additionally, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1748762 the <code>"startingDirectory"</code> option and the <code>wt -d</code> flag don't work] unless <code>-here</code> is provided. | * Additionally, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1748762 the <code>"startingDirectory"</code> option and the <code>wt -d</code> flag don't work] unless <code>-here</code> is provided. | ||
=== Technical Details === | === Technical Details === | ||
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* The MSYS2 root directory is located at<code>/c/mozilla-build/msys2/</code> (assuming the default installation directory). | * The MSYS2 root directory is located at<code>/c/mozilla-build/msys2/</code> (assuming the default installation directory). | ||
** For MozillaBuild 3.4 and older, the MSYS root directory can be found at <code>/c/mozilla-build/msys/</code> instead. | ** For MozillaBuild 3.4 and older, the MSYS root directory can be found at <code>/c/mozilla-build/msys/</code> instead. | ||
* As of MozillaBuild 4.0, [https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygpath.html <code>cygpath</code>] can be used to convert between path types: | |||
To convert from a Windows path to a Unix-y one, such as using MozillaBuild to edit a file printed by <code>hg</code> (<b>remember to use single-quotes here!</b>) | |||
$ cygpath -u 'C:\mozilla-source\mozilla-unified\README.txt' | |||
/c/mozilla-source/mozilla-unified/README.txt | |||
To convert from a Unix-y path to a Windows one, such as for copying a path printed by MozillaBuild to open in your Windows-native IDE: | |||
$ cygpath -w '/c/mozilla-source/mozilla-unified/README.txt' | |||
C:\mozilla-source\mozilla-unified\README.txt | |||
=== Release Notes === | === Release Notes === | ||