From a2057ceca76f4cd408cf45cd6ca67b6dd775be3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: voltagex <83080728+voltagex@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 14:20:26 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve README for Windows users

As discussed in #226
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 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 493762fa..197ed6ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ behind this is that maintaining each sqlite's connection command pool is
 complicated and error prone.
 
 
+# Compiling NIF for Windows
+When compiling on Windows, you will need the [Build Tools](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2022) or equivalent toolchain. Please make sure you have the correct environment variables, including path to compiler and linker and architecture that matches `erl.exe` (likely x64).
+
+You may also need to invoke `vcvarsall.bat amd64` _before_ running `mix`.
+
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Feel free to check the project out and submit pull requests.