From 773d8e44f5b6ef75ecfa4ab8e495169db5377104 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: otavepto <153766569+otavepto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 07:12:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix linking in Windows for MinGW, FINALLY!, api_regular
 links!

---
 premake5.lua | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index 2a57a05c..43a281a2 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -200,15 +200,29 @@ local common_files = {
 
 -- libs to link
 ---------
+local lib_prefix = 'lib'
+local mingw_static_whole_archive = ''
+-- MinGW on Windows adds this prefix by default and linking ex: '-lssq' will look for 'libssq'
+-- so we have to ommit this prefix since it's automatically added
+if string.match(_ACTION, 'gmake.*') then
+    lib_prefix = ''
+    mingw_static_whole_archive = ':static_whole'
+end
 local common_link_win = {
     -- os specific
-    "Ws2_32", "Iphlpapi", "Wldap32", "Winmm", "Bcrypt", "Dbghelp", "Xinput",
+    "Ws2_32" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "Iphlpapi" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "Wldap32" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "Winmm" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "Bcrypt" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "Dbghelp" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "Xinput" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
     -- deps
-    "ssq",
-    "zlibstatic",
-    "libcurl",
-    "libprotobuf-lite",
-    "mbedcrypto",
+    "ssq" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "zlibstatic" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    lib_prefix .. "curl" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    lib_prefix .. "protobuf-lite" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
+    "mbedcrypto" .. mingw_static_whole_archive,
 }
 
 local common_link_linux = {