Installing Git onto your PC Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) The main tool you'll be using with GitHub is Git.

When you install a new copy of Visual Studio Code, it encourages you to download and install the Windows Git client, so you can connect to any Git-based repository, whether you’re using GVFS ...

Get an efficient GUI for interacting with GitHub repositories on your Windows desktop.

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.