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.

The Git index, along with the need to use the "git add" command before performing a commit, is often a source of confusion for beginners. These "git add" examples will make things clear.

In addition to the GitHub for Windows application itself, it includes a self-contained version of git, the bash command-line shell, and the posh-git extension for PowerShell.

If you need to work with GitHub, but don't have time to get up to speed with the git command line, Jack Wallen believes the GitHub Desktop app is the perfect tool for the job.

Reapply commits with git cherry-pick Many advanced git commands are useful only in narrowly specific circumstances, and safely ignored even by moderately advanced users.

The git stash command stores uncommitted changes locally in Git. Learn how it works, its uses and common git commands.

Jack Wallen shows how to use the .gitconfig file for global git configurations and a more efficient developer setup.