Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] mingw: rely on MSYS2's metadata instead of hard-coding it

diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 21f53e3f7e..3a90995587 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname

@@ -465,14 +465,8 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	GIT_VERSION := $(GIT_VERSION).MSVC
 	pathsep = ;
 	# Assume that this is built in Git for Windows' SDK
-        ifeq (MINGW32,$(MSYSTEM))
-		prefix = /mingw32
-        else
-                ifeq (CLANGARM64,$(MSYSTEM))
-			prefix = /clangarm64
-                else
-			prefix = /mingw64
-                endif
+        ifneq (,$(MSYSTEM))
+		prefix = $(MINGW_PREFIX)
         endif
 	# Prepend MSVC 64-bit tool-chain to PATH.
 	#

@@ -755,6 +749,10 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 		BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--dynamicbase
         endif
         ifneq (,$(MSYSTEM))
+                ifeq ($(MINGW_PREFIX),$(filter-out /%,$(MINGW_PREFIX)))
+			# Override if empty or does not start with a slash
+			MINGW_PREFIX := /$(shell echo '$(MSYSTEM)' | tr A-Z a-z)
+                endif
 		prefix = $(MINGW_PREFIX)
 		HOST_CPU = $(patsubst %-w64-mingw32,%,$(MINGW_CHOST))
 		BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--pic-executable

diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index a57c4b464f..7285bd9ac2 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -256,7 +256,14 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
 				_CONSOLE DETECT_MSYS_TTY STRIP_EXTENSION=".exe"  NO_SYMLINK_HEAD UNRELIABLE_FSTAT
 				NOGDI OBJECT_CREATION_MODE=1 __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0
 				OVERRIDE_STRDUP MMAP_PREVENTS_DELETE USE_WIN32_MMAP
-				HAVE_WPGMPTR ENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET HAVE_RTLGENRANDOM)
+				HAVE_WPGMPTR HAVE_RTLGENRANDOM)
+	if(CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM STREQUAL "x64")
+		add_compile_definitions(ENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET="MINGW64" MINGW_PREFIX="mingw64")
+	elseif(CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM STREQUAL "arm64")
+		add_compile_definitions(ENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET="CLANGARM64" MINGW_PREFIX="clangarm64")
+	elseif(CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM STREQUAL "x86")
+		add_compile_definitions(ENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET="MINGW32" MINGW_PREFIX="mingw32")
+	endif()
 	list(APPEND compat_SOURCES
 		compat/mingw.c
 		compat/winansi.c

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7073d5844d..a8aba81e29 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build

@@ -1318,7 +1318,6 @@ elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
 
   libgit_c_args += [
     '-DDETECT_MSYS_TTY',
-    '-DENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET',
     '-DNATIVE_CRLF',
     '-DNOGDI',
     '-DNO_POSIX_GOODIES',

@@ -1328,6 +1327,20 @@ elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
     '-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0',
   ]
 
+  msystem = get_option('msystem')
+  if msystem != ''
+    mingw_prefix = get_option('mingw_prefix')
+    if mingw_prefix == ''
+      mingw_prefix = msystem.to_lower()
+    elif mingw_prefix.startswith('/')
+      mingw_prefix = mingw_prefix.substring(1)
+    endif
+    libgit_c_args += [
+      '-DENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET="' + msystem + '"',
+      '-DMINGW_PREFIX="' + mingw_prefix + '"'
+    ]
+  endif
+
   libgit_dependencies += compiler.find_library('ntdll')
   libgit_include_directories += 'compat/win32'
   if compiler.get_id() == 'msvc'

diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index dc88f130d7..becf4689bf 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ option('runtime_prefix', type: 'boolean', value: false,
   description: 'Resolve ancillary tooling and support files relative to the location of the runtime binary instead of hard-coding them into the binary.')
 option('sane_tool_path', type: 'array', value: [],
   description: 'An array of paths to pick up tools from in case the normal tools are broken or lacking.')
+option('msystem', type: 'string', value: '',
+  description: 'Fall-back on Windows when MSYSTEM is not set.')
+option('mingw_prefix', type: 'string', value: '',
+  description: 'Fall-back on Windows when MINGW_PREFIX is not set.')
 
 # Build information compiled into Git and other parts like documentation.
 option('build_date', type: 'string', value: '',