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Getting started

Opening your first repo and making your first commit.

  1. Download GitRoot for your OS and install it.

  2. Launch GitRoot. The landing screen offers three starting points: open a folder, clone a repository, or start a brand new one.

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  3. Pick one. Cloning asks for a URL and a destination folder; starting fresh asks for a folder and, optionally, a remote URL to link right away.

  4. You land on the main window: four tabs across the top, graph, commit, branches, stash, and a one-click command bar on the left with pull, push, stash, commit.

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  5. If git doesn't know your name and email yet, a banner appears the first time you open the commit tab, asking for both. This is just what git puts on commits, not a login.

  6. First launch also offers a guided tour that walks every command live against a demo repo. Click take the tour, or dismiss it and come back to it later from the header.

  7. To make your first commit: click the commit tab, check the box next to a changed file, type a message, click commit.

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