Git Bash does indeed seem to work well, and it’s nice getting back into the Bash flow! If only Windows provided a better console environment… TortoiseGit is pretty good mostly, but I wouldn’t use it in isolation. My problems were partly user error; I’m still getting used to the Git workflow, so that crash course link you posted will be immensely useful!

Yes, GitHub and Unfuddle are both brilliant services, but there are a few reasons I didn’t choose them. Firstly, I’m going to be setting up quite a few repositories (more than one per project), for reasons I’ll go into in a post soon Secondly, to host that many repositories will cost me lots of cash. And thirdly, I fancied learning how to do it! I oddly quite enjoy that server administration stuff.

I’ve been using Git Bash (msysgit) to interface with git. It hasn’t taken long to learn most of the commands I need for the workflow I like. I steered clear of TortoiseGit for the exact reasons you mentioned! I usually don’t mind using pre-release software, but when it’s for something as critical as saving my work I get very cautious. That said, I was planning on trying it out soon, so thanks for the heads-up!

Oooh, and a bit of advice – if you’re using TortoiseGit on Windows, be *very* careful with it. I lost a whole bunch of work about a week ago because it’s so alpha: it had me working in a non-existent branch, which would have been fine if it hadn’t junked it when I tried to merge back to the master. I now find myself switching between TortoiseGit and Git Bash to make sure everything’s working correctly.