[thegilb]

That isn’t exactly what I want, though it is a welcome addition.

Let’s say I have a project with files on the filesystem like so:
src/
common/
common.hpp
common.cpp
liba/
liba.hpp
liba.cpp

So VisualGDB will generate a solution with folders like so:
Headers
common
common.hpp
liba
liba.hpp
Sources
common
common.cpp
liba
liba.cpp

Now imagine if a developer adds new files via source control and creates a new library called libb. I have to manually create the nested folders under Headers and Sources for libb, and add the missing files.

Finally, imagine having to perform these exact same steps without knowing which files were added because there are in fact thousands of files in dozens of folders. The problem is, I don’t know what to add, and doing this manually is tedious and time consuming.

However, this is a scenario that can be automated. It would be great if VisualGDB detected the new files and offered to add them to the solution automatically, or alternatively provide a way to simply refresh the entire source tree (ie. Recreate the project structure as if creating a new project).

Either way I want my project to always mirror the files on the file-system, and I want it to be as simple as possible to maintain it after I have created it.

[thegilb]

Specifically I would like GCC 4.8 and 4.9 for building Windows applications with MinGW.

[thegilb]

I followed the instructions given to enable the exception report logging, however upon replicating the crash there were no files written. Perhaps this is a signal that the exception originated in the other component, which would make sense given that the problem does not occur when that component is disabled.

Have you tried to reproduce the crash with Visual Lint installed? There is a trial version available on the Riverblade website. You are better equipped to identify the cause of the problem than I am.

[thegilb]

Thanks for your input, I’ve had to do a little RCA investigation and have found that the fault appears to be related to the plugin Riverblade Visual Lint http://www.riverblade.co.uk/products/visual_lint/index.html. I will notify Riverblade of the problem, in the mean time I can enjoy trialling your software with a more complex project.

As an aside, I would appreciate it if you could find a way to resolve this problem with Riverblade, as one of the attractions of using Visual Studio is the rich ecosystem of plugins that support development, and it is unclear in which component the error occurs.

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