The second link above will fix that problem. Once the local repo is initialized and a remote is configured, you should be able to run git status, git diff, etc.

If you're a Git user, and you'd like to integrate your Linux file manager into the tool, Jack Wallen has just the thing for you.

$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in C:/_bart/.git/ $ git status On branch feature No commits yet nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track) ...

Microsoft hosts the Windows source in a monstrous 300GB Git repository Virtualized file system approach makes Git work better for huge repositories.