Cocos2d-x msys2 mingw64 guide

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Step 1. Download msys2

  x64
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Base/x86_64/msys2-base-x86_64-20131208.tar.xz/download
  x86
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Base/i686/msys2-base-i686-20131208.tar.xz/download

Step 2. Extract and run msys2_shell.bat

  extract to. c:/msys64 or c:/msys32
  run msys2_shell.bat
  after it sets itself up close it and open it again

Step 3. Type the following commands to update msys2

  pacman -Syu
  then close it and open it again

Step 4. Restart the shell and install git

  pacman -S git

Step 5. Clone cocos2d-x

  git clone https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x.git

Step 6. Run build-mingw32-gcc-make or build-mingw32-clang-make

  cd cocos2d-x/build
    gcc
      ./build-mingw32-gcc-make.sh 
    clang 
      ./build-mingw32-clang-make.sh