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Document bash.exe from Windows takes precedence over our bash.exe

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
bash
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the linked msys2/setup-msys2 issue #52 to understand the Windows bash.exe precedence problem and what users need explained. Locate the relevant MSYS2 homepage documentation, then add guidance describing the native-versus-Cygwin bash.exe confusion and verify that the resulting page clearly documents the behavior.

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Description

See https://github.com/msys2/setup-msys2/issues/52

It's not very common to go from native to cygwin, but it can be confusing if it happens.

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