How to reach some commands on Github for windows

Question

I want to pass github for windows because of easy usage and its user friendly design. But I have to know some codes which i used classical version of Github.

For example how to reach these commands?

"gitk -all"

"git reset --hard HEAD"

"git diff"

Thanks for your help.

Gastrin

Answer 1

Mark Cramer adds in the comments (July 2014):

With GitHub for Windows 2.0 the drop-down menu has changed slightly.
Select the repository you wish to work with (on the left) and then from then "Open in Git Shell" from the drop-down and you'll get a window that will enable you to enter command line commands.

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Original answer (April 2013):

Actually, you don't need to download a separate msysgit if you are using GitHub for Windows: it does come with its own msysgit installation within GitHub for Windows (a Portable_Git, as I mentioned here).

You can simply launch a command prompt (Powershell) session, which will use that git.exe from the internal nested "PortableGit":

In there, you can type any git command you want.

Arboreous

With GitHub for Windows 2.0 the drop-down menu has changed slightly. Select the repository you wish to work with (on the left) and then from then "Open in Git Shell" from the drop-down and you'll get a window that'll enable you to enter command line commands – Soutine

@MarkCramer Interesting. I have included your comment in the answer for more visibility. – Arboreous

Answer 2

Just download the http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads and install it, you will have all git commands in your command line.

Orville

Right. GitHub is not the same thing as Git. – Vulcanology