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 This page lists important changes or issues affecting MSYS2 users. You can [:material-rss: subscribe via RSS](../news.xml). We also post them to [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@msys2org) / [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/msys2org.bsky.social), including some not-so-important things :)
 
+### 2026-02-28 - Native Git Now Available in MSYS2
+
+We are pleased to announce that MSYS2 now includes a [native MinGW build of
+Git](https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-git) alongside the existing
+Cygwin-based version.
+
+This is made possible thanks to the hard work of the ['Git for Windows'
+team](https://github.com/orgs/git-for-windows/people), who made various changes
+in both projects, to make it possible to package their MinGW port of git and
+easily keep it in sync going forward. If you encounter any issues, please report
+them to us first before contacting the 'Git for Windows' team.
+
+For comparison, some quick and unscientific benchmarks for a local clone of the
+[GCC repo](https://gcc.gnu.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=gcc.git):
+
+| Operation                | Cygwin Git | MinGW Git |
+|--------------------------|------------|-----------|
+| `git status`             | ~1 s       | ~0.5 s    |
+| `git switch` (gcc 14↔15) | ~14.0 s    | ~10.0 s   |
+| `git clone` (local)      | ~45 s      | ~22 s     |
+| `git grep`               | ~2.6 s     | ~0.55 s   |
+
+If you were using the [hack to make 'Git for Windows' work in
+MSYS2](https://gitforwindows.org/install-inside-msys2-proper.html), which
+involves adding 'Git for Windows' repositories to pacman, you might now be able
+to switch to just installing git from MSYS2's own repositories instead. This
+also allows you to install native git into environments other than MINGW64, such
+as UCRT64 or CLANG64. Please note that our package is not as fully integrated
+with Windows like the Git for Windows installer version, and lacks some features
+such as the credential manager. It's also not as widely tested yet. Please give
+it a try and let us know if you encounter any issues or missing features.
+
 ### 2026-02-28 - Dropping support for Windows 8.1
 
 As Windows 8.1 has been end-of-life (EOL) for three years, Firefox has stopped