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guides/build: add note on Git Bash on Windows
Git Bash is probably the easiest way to build TinyGo. PowerShell won't work.
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choco install --confirm git golang mingw make cmake ninja python
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Use *Git Bash* (installed above) to run all the build commands like `make`. The TinyGo build system expects a Unix-like environment that is not normally provided by Windows but is included already in *Git Bash*.
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#### Building LLVM
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The following command takes care of downloading and building LLVM. It places the source code in `llvm-project/` and the build output in `llvm-build/`. It only needs to be done once until the next LLVM release (every half year).

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