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@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ Also, add a DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN system variable in the same way, and set
it to 0. This tells depot_tools to use your locally installed version of Visual
Studio (by default, depot_tools will try to use a google-internal version).
+You may also have to set variable `vs2017_install` or `vs2019_install` to your
+installation path of Visual Studio 2017 or 19, like
+`set vs2019_install=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional`
+for Visual Studio 2019.
+
From a cmd.exe shell, run the command gclient (without arguments). On first
run, gclient will install all the Windows-specific bits needed to work with
the code, including msysgit and python.