• download:
  • https://git-scm.com/download/win
  • you can download the portable version without mess up your own current system config

• start the git-cmd.exe and now you are in a cmd with git built-in
• create a default user if you have not

  git config --global user.name "AnyOne"
  git config --global user.email "anyone@any.what"

• create a project folder

  mkdir SuperWebProj
  cd SuperWebProj
  touch index.html

• cd to the folder where you want to create a repo

  git init

  • by default, the init will use this folder as “master” named branch, you can config git to use other name like main or core-feature like name, but you can ignore that for now.
• make some files or copy some files into that folder, then add that as changes and make a commit

  git add *.html
  git commit -m "starter files added"

• check status

  git status

  • optional: you can change branch name like

    git branch -m master main

• add everything in the directory that is changed

  git add .

• to view change log

  git log

Extra Tips:

• you can use vscode to open the folder project (the one with .git hidden folder), vscode will auto know it is a git project and it has some built-in tool to help you instead of using the git cmd
  • you may need to set git.exe path if you use above portable one,
  • go File > Preference > setting , search git path, click edit setting.json, it will pop up the {} dictionary part for you to edit

    "git.path": "D:\\App_Dev\\PortableGit\\bin\\git.exe",