When it's time to evaluate a Git client, the best place to start is to examine how well the tool implements the five basic Git commands every developer should know, namely: init, config, add, status ...

Editor's note As a source code tool, Git can be used for a multitude of reasons inside the development environment. Any developer should know the Git basics and which commands can be used in each ...

What you'll learn: How to set up Git and GitHub on your computer; key concepts of Git source control system; basic Git commands, such as commit, push, pull, and help.

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.

Whether you're working within PowerShell using Git for Windows or you're inside WSL, the commands you need are the same. Git is platform-agnostic, so you can learn it once and use it everywhere.