Git Tower and Tortoise Git are excellent examples of such clients. The good news is, most developers can do the majority of their Git-related work by learning only a handful of basic commands.

Later on, you’ll see how Git provides us predefined commands for each purpose. So, let’s get started: Create a “Repository” on the central server.

Create a repository By default, Git software doesn’t track each and every file on your computer. We have to inform Git about the specific folder that it must track.

When it's time to evaluate a Git client, the best place to start is to examine how well the tool implements the five basic Git commands every developer should know, namely: init, config, add, status ...

After you’ve confirmed Git is installed and available from the command line, the first thing you want to do with Git “out of the box” is configure it with your personal information.

Find all Git commands in one place using Git Explorer. It shows the required Git commands with two steps along with note explaining how to use that command.

Issue a git stash command. Continue to commit code as needed. Call the git stash pop command at any point to reapply the shelved files. Let's walk through each of those steps in a simple example of ...

Setting up Git worktrees involves creating a dedicated folder, using the git worktree add command, and working independently within each worktree to maintain task isolation.