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When I install msys2 using scoop. I noticed there are a few executables in the base folder.

mingw32.exe mingw64.exe msys2.exe msys2_shell.cmd

but I can't understand as to why there are a few of them or what is different between each of these "pinned launchers"

https://www.msys2.org/wiki/Launchers/ https://github.com/msys2/msys2-launcher

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This
https://www.msys2.org/wiki/How-does-MSYS2-differ-from-Cygwin/
... seems to sum it up in a few short lines.

It all depends on "what you wish to do", i.e. which version of related software to use.
The end result of course depends of these.

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MSYS2 uses Pacman (known from Arch Linux) to manage its packages and comes with three different package repositories:

    msys2: Containing MSYS2-dependent software
    mingw64: Containing 64-bit native Windows software (compiled with mingw-w64 x86_64 toolchain)
    mingw32: Containing 32-bit native Windows software (compiled with mingw-w64 i686 toolchain)

Which one to actually use, depends on what you're trying to achieve and where you wish to use the resulting software.

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