Git Extensions
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Git Extensions is a toolkit aimed at making working with Git under Windows more intuitive
(note that Git Extensions is also available on Linux and Macintosh OS X using Mono). The shell 
extension will integrate in Windows Explorer and presents a context menu on files and directories. 
There is also a Visual Studio plug-in to use Git from the Visual Studio IDE.

Features
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* Windows Explorer integration for Git
* Visual Studio (2005/2008/2010/2012) plug-in for Git
* Feature rich user interface for Git
* Single installer installs Git, Git Extensions and the merge tool KDiff3 
* 32bit and 64bit support
* Runs under Linux or Mac OS X using `Mono <http://www.mono-project.com>`_

Video tutorials
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There are video tutorials for some basic functions on YouTube.

#. `Clone <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlZXSkJGKF8>`_
#. `Commit changes <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8uvje6X7lo>`_
#. `Push changes <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByfXdbVAiE>`_
#. `Pull changes <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g8gXPsi5Ko>`_
#. `Handle merge conflicts <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmc39RvuGM8>`_
#. `Install Git Extensions on Ubuntu 11.04  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk2MMUQuW4s>`_

Links
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See the following links for the Git Extensions download page, source code and documentation. 

* Download page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gitextensions/
* Source Code: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions
* Source Code Issue tracker: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues
* Documentation: https://github.com/gitextensions/GitExtensionsDoc
* Documentation Issue tracker: https://github.com/gitextensions/GitExtensionsDoc/issues
* Wiki: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/wiki

Please feel free to raise any issues with Git Extensions or its documentation at the appropriate Issue tracker link as shown above.