This can actually be used cross-platform to some degreen. Back in 2017, I have written this post to describe how I configured git on my machine to my convenience. The years have passed, so there must be a better way of doing things by now, right ? 2021 set-up Perhaps not better, but more suited to what I have at my disposal, a new tooling. Git for windows. I've ended up using the command line much more than I had expected initially. https://git-scm.com/download/win vscode You can use vscode to work on a project. And vscode comes with a diff viewer. I've enjoyed using vscode and the plethora of plugins it offers. While VSCode does come with a git integration already, there are a few plugins that make life much better. GitLens plugin for vscode GitLens — Git supercharged - Visual Studio Marketplace Git Graph plugin for vscode Git Graph - Visual Studio Marketplace SSH Config So this part remained pretty much the same If you'll be using git for work, you'll want to do this ...