Add a check for the MSVC is properly installed

[knmcguire]

Description

This add instructions to check if the VSstudio has been properly installed. Many times MSVC is not finished installing but people (absolutely asking for a friend), then go straight to colcon build. This not only will fail as the C/C++compiler is usually not installed but will also break the installation which needs to be repaired.

Did you use Generative AI?

Yes but only as in browser sparring partner on this. So the checking command is generated by it but I have written the rest of the instructions myself.

I used Claude Opus 4.8

Additional Information

[kscottz]

Looks good to me. One (optional) minor suggestion.

[mergify]

Queued — the merge queue status continues in this comment ↓.

[mergify]

Merge Queue Status

• 🟠 Waiting for queue conditions
• ⏳ Enter queue
• ⏳ Run checks
• ⏳ Merge

Waiting for any of

• check-neutral = build
• check-skipped = build
• check-success = build

All conditions

• any of [🔀 queue conditions]:
  • all of [📌 queue conditions of queue rule default]:
    • any of [🛡 GitHub branch protection]:
      • check-neutral = build
      • check-skipped = build
      • check-success = build
    • #review-threads-unresolved = 0 [🛡 GitHub branch protection]
    • github-require-last-push-approval [🛡 GitHub branch protection]
    • github-review-approved [🛡 GitHub branch protection]
    • any of [🛡 GitHub branch protection]:
      • check-success = lint
      • check-neutral = lint
      • check-skipped = lint
    • any of [🛡 GitHub branch protection]:
      • check-success = test
      • check-neutral = test
      • check-skipped = test
• -closed [📌 queue requirement]
• -conflict [📌 queue requirement]
• -draft [📌 queue requirement]
• any of [📌 queue -> configuration change requirements]:
  • -mergify-configuration-changed
  • check-success = Configuration changed

[mergify]

queue

⚠️ Configuration not compatible with a branch protection setting

Details

The branch protection setting Require branches to be up to date before merging is not compatible with draft PR checks. To keep this branch protection enabled, update your Mergify configuration to enable in-place checks: set merge_queue.max_parallel_checks: 1, set every queue rule batch_size: 1, and avoid two-step CI (make merge_conditions identical to queue_conditions). Otherwise, disable this branch protection.