Merge pull request #1736 from ben/default-to-cdecl Switch default calling convention to cdecl
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1086005..2afa1e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,16 +30,13 @@ OPTION( ENABLE_TRACE "Enables tracing support" OFF )
OPTION( LIBGIT2_FILENAME "Name of the produced binary" OFF )
IF(MSVC)
- # This option is only availalbe when building with MSVC. By default,
- # libgit2 is build using the stdcall calling convention, as that's what
- # the CLR expects by default and how the Windows API is built.
+ # This option is only availalbe when building with MSVC. By default, libgit2
+ # is build using the cdecl calling convention, which is useful if you're
+ # writing C. However, the CLR and Win32 API both expect stdcall.
#
- # If you are writing a C or C++ program and want to link to libgit2, you
- # have to either:
- # - Add /Gz to the compiler options of _your_ program / library.
- # - Turn this off by invoking CMake with the "-DSTDCALL=Off" argument.
- #
- OPTION( STDCALL "Build libgit2 with the __stdcall convention" ON )
+ # If you are writing a CLR program and want to link to libgit2, you'll want
+ # to turn this on by invoking CMake with the "-DSTDCALL=ON" argument.
+ OPTION( STDCALL "Build libgit2 with the __stdcall convention" OFF )
# This option must match the settings used in your program, in particular if you
# are linking statically