Stay with it! I would suggest you launch emacs with a file in the repo, ($ emacs <filename>) and then run magit, "C-x g". Then you're in the magit window with

Stay with it! I would suggest you launch emacs with a file in the repo, ($ emacs <filename>) and then run magit, "C-x g". Then you're in the magit window with menus and prompts and so forth.