How to use the GitHub CLI app on Windows and WSL
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There`s no need to keep going to your browser or a desktop app, do all of your GitHub-ing from the command line. Microsoft-owned GitHub is the biggest code-sharing platform on the planet and while using it through the web browser is simple, when you`re interacting with your code and local files you`re more than likely using a terminal. That`s where GitHub CLI comes in. An official tool made by GitHub, it`s good to use both on Windows 10 and Windows 11 in PowerShell or within the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Once you`re familiar with it, it could speed up a number of areas of your GitHub workflow. Here`s how to install it, get set up and carry out some basic processes. Set up a GitHub account before anything else You don`t need a GitHub account to browse code and clone repos, but it`s still worth signing up. Only with your own account and repo space can you store your own files and fork other projects, follow other members, and star repos for easy access later on. It`s co...