Use the Git command prompt to supplement Visual Studio

This post details how to use the Git command prompt to supplement Visual Studio for less common Git tasks. It covers enabling basic authentication for TFS accounts, installing command-prompt tools, opening the Git command prompt window, and provides a table mapping common Git tasks (create local repo, clone, fetch/pull, get info, commit, amend commit, revert, reset, branch/merge, rebase, push) to their corresponding command-prompt commands and Visual Studio equivalents. It also highlights the use of Windows Credential Store for Git to avoid repeated credential entry.