At the moment, the GUIs that exist for Git on windows are half-baked at best. You'll probably be more productive using the Bash shell that is packaged with msysgit. Here's how to get started: Install msysgit Download the most recent "Git-X.X.X.X-xxxxx.exe" file from http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list and run it. On the "Adjusting your PATH environment" screen, select [...]