Git is just like most technology and can be intimidating until you know it. The point of this post is to introduce the very basic core concepts and commands of using Git, particularly in the Windows environment, to rid the initial anxiety. This posting is not intended to provide turnkey

You installed the Github for Windows application and can now point and click to work with Github repositories, but it becomes only a matter of time till you realize a GUI is not going to cut it. Your next thought after realizing this varies based on who you are, but

First off, note that Git is a distributed version control and you have the entire version history stored on your local machine. This is different compared to central version control systems, like TFS, where you only have a local copy of the latest files and the versions are stored on

If you are like most .NET developers, Team Foundation Server (TFS) and/or Visual Source Safe (VSS) have been your “go-to” tools for version control. With the recent growth of social coding, the integration of Git into Visual Studio, Git repositories offered as a service by Microsoft via Team Foundation