Hi!
I'm about to start a personal project (non-distibuted for now, single user) for which I need a source control strategy. Since I'm at the start of a new thing I thought I'd give Git a try. I'm using Windows but I think that's irrelevent since msysgit seems to work for others. The trouble I'm having is in finding some kind of tutorial or instructions on how to use Git locally. They all seem to assume the existence of an online repository (like GitHub) which you clone, work on and then push to, something I have no use for at the moment. I tried creating a repository but got into a bit of a mess - I couldn't get older versions back, and I think I was working IN the repository which I gather I'm not supposed to be doing. I'm guessing I'm getting confused with my own notions of how source control should work (I also tried Tortoise and got it working without any of these concerns). So in short I want to create a repository on an external drive (for now, eventually moving to online) and work off my local one. I know this is possible but I can't figure out how exactly. Is there a tutorial for dummies out there somewhere? And can someone suggest a simple workflow for what I want? Thanks in advance. Shak
