Proper way to put comments in build events command line?

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SFun28 picture SFun28 · Apr 11, 2011 · Viewed 26.2k times · Source

What's the proper way to put comments into the pre/post build event command line?

Answer

BrandonZeider picture BrandonZeider · Apr 11, 2011

Use REM: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/comments.php

An example:

REM signtool sign /a $(TargetPath)
xcopy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "C:\Deploy\$(TargetFileName)"

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