Compile for Windows binaries

[lonnietc]

Hello,

I would like to compile the Dgraph sources (Golang) on Windows but did not see any build instructions for doing it.

In the past, I did see that Dgraph had Windows binaries which suggests that it can be built using Golang natively in Windows, or perhaps by using MSYS2 (MinGW64 with Goloang) but I am not sure how it was built in the past as well.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and have a great day

[amaster507 (Anthony Master)]

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