How to Work With Git From CLI in Win*

It’s very important to know the commands behind the UI in Visual Studio; in this post, I just explain the basics that you need to work with Git from the command line:

1. Set the global settings, but first display its value.

   git config –global -l

   N.b. If there is no set value, it will tell you "no such a file," but if there is data it will be displayed as the following:

   If you open the user folder, you can see ."gitconfig," and if you open the Visual Studio's global settings, you will find that this info has been set there too.

2. I can edit this file using VIM, the most famous of all *nix editors. 
   To quit, type :q +enter; you can key "i" to enter text and save by pressing "ESC" and :wq and enter, this will commit the message you typed. In your current state, to just come out without committing, you can do :q



If you open the file without a proper shutdown, it will create a swap file which you can’t open again smoothly. You just need to delete that swap file or close the file as mentioned before.



3. Navigate to the working directory and type:

   git init
   git clone https://github.com/youraccount/rep

   This will copy all files locally. The vodeblock below carries basic references for adding new files, committing, changing the branch, and publishing changes:
   
   

   # Add new files
   git add .
   
   # Get status
   git status
   
   # Commit
   git commit -m ”your commit message”
   
   # Change branch
   git checkout branchName
   
   # Push
   git push https://github.com/youraccount/rep