title: How to setup local version control with GitExtensions?
body: <p>So I'm new to version control, but have read the documentation of GitExtensions but it was of limited help because it focused on dealing with remote repositories. </p>
  
  <p>What I need is to have version control for my local projects. I have Android and Visual Studio projects I work on as the only developer, so the source is all on my local computer. I do not want to put the source up in GitHub or anywhere on the internet yet. For now I just want to setup and use the version control local on my own PC.</p>
  
  <p>I have GitExtensions installed, and created a local repository at <code>C:\Programs\gitrepos\projectname\</code> My code is at <code>C:\Projects\projectname\</code>. </p>
  
  <p>My first problem is that I do not understand how to specify the location of my source files?! I see setting remote source, but I am not using remote sources. Did I do this wrong? Should the repository be in the same folder as my source files? Nothing I've found thus far explains how git or gitextensions works when dealing with local-only source that you want to version control.</p>