patch 8.0.0638: cannot build with new MSVC version commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d7383881c8e9f474a909b54b21abb0aa2b412ba2 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Jun 13 15:22:12 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0638: cannot build with new MSVC version Problem: Cannot build with new MSVC version VS2017. Solution: Change the compiler arguments. (Leonardo Manera, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1731, closes #1747)

" Settings for test script execution
" Always use "COMMAND.COM", don't use the value of "$SHELL".
set shell=c:\COMMAND.COM shellquote= shellxquote= shellcmdflag=/c shellredir=>
" This is used only when the +eval feature is available.
if executable("cmd.exe")
   set shell=cmd.exe
endif

source setup.vim