Despite the file extensions you see in the Add Existing Item dialog box, Visual Studio isn't limited to working with specific kinds of files. If you have some file that you want to include in your ...

Microsoft released a new version of Visual Studio Tools for Git yesterday, that adds some welcome functionality. The update is version 0.8.0.0 (so it's still in the preview stage). The two key ...

Git-related improvements in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1 allow developers to compare a current branch with other branches in their repository, making it easier to keep track of branches while ...

Also the Visual Studio tooling support for Git is almost blank. The compiled version of the add-in is available in the Visual Studio Gallery.

Microsoft has been mapping out plans to improve its Git Virtual File System (GVFS), including linking it to the Visual Studio IDE and getting it supported in third-party Git clients.

The Git Experience is available as the default source control experience in Visual Studio 2019 as of version 16.8.

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it is adding git support to TFS and Visual Studio, putting the distributed version control system on an equal footing with its current centralized system.

Microsoft isn’t planning to add Git integration to older versions of Visual Studio and TFS. This means Visual Studio users, for example, can now use GitHub and other Git-compatible repositories ...

Visual Studio 2022 became generally available back in November 2021, and Microsoft obviously intends to add more features to it past its initial release as well. Today, some of these have arrived in ...