+The Steps to Build Git with VS2015 or VS2017 from the command line.
+
+1. Install the "vcpkg" open source package manager and build essential
+ third-party libraries. The steps for this have been captured in a
+ set of convenience scripts. These can be run from a stock Command
+ Prompt or from an SDK bash window:
+
+ $ cd <repo_root>
+ $ ./compat/vcbuild/vcpkg_install.bat
+
+ The vcpkg tools and all of the third-party sources will be installed
+ in this folder:
+ <repo_root>/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/
+
+ A file will be created with a set of Makefile macros pointing to a
+ unified "include", "lib", and "bin" directory (release and debug) for
+ all of the required packages. This file will be included by the main
+ Makefile:
+ <repo_root>/compat/vcbuild/MSVC-DEFS-GEN
+
+2. OPTIONALLY copy the third-party *.dll and *.pdb files into the repo
+ root to make it easier to run and debug git.exe without having to
+ manipulate your PATH. This is especially true for debug sessions in
+ Visual Studio.
+
+ Use ONE of the following forms which should match how you want to
+ compile git.exe.
+
+ $ ./compat/vcbuild/vcpkg_copy_packages.bat debug
+ $ ./compat/vcbuild/vcpkg_copy_packages.bat release
+
+3. Build git using MSVC from an SDK bash window using one of the
+ following commands:
+
+ $ make MSVC=1
+ $ make MSVC=1 DEBUG=1
+
+================================================================
+
+Alternatively, run `make vcxproj` and then load the generated `git.sln` in
+Visual Studio. The initial build will install the vcpkg system and build the
+dependencies automatically. This will take a while.
+
+Instead of generating the `git.sln` file yourself (which requires a full Git
+for Windows SDK), you may want to consider fetching the `vs/master` branch of
+https://github.com/git-for-windows/git instead (which is updated automatically
+via CI running `make vcxproj`). The `vs/master` branch does not require a Git
+for Windows to build, but you can run the test scripts in a regular Git Bash.
+
+Note that `make vcxproj` will automatically add and commit the generated `.sln`
+and `.vcxproj` files to the repo. This is necessary to allow building a
+fully-testable Git in Visual Studio, where a regular Git Bash can be used to
+run the test scripts (as opposed to a full Git for Windows SDK): a number of
+build targets, such as Git commands implemented as Unix shell scripts (where
+`@@SHELL_PATH@@` and other placeholders are interpolated) require a full-blown
+Git for Windows SDK (which is about 10x the size of a regular Git for Windows
+installation).
+
+If your plan is to open a Pull Request with Git for Windows, it is a good idea
+to drop this commit before submitting.
+
+================================================================
The Steps of Build Git with VS2008
1. You need the build environment, which contains the Git dependencies