If you're not on Visual Studio 2012, you'll first need to have that; then apply Update 2; then add the Git tools. Visual Studio Tools for Git is an extension for Team Explorer, and enables the use of ...

Visual Studio is perfectly willing to work with any file that you want to add to your solution -- you just have to tell it what editor to use.

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.

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.

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

Visual Studio Code, the popular development text editor and IDE, has rolled out its big July 2025 release. The v1.103 update adds new Git and terminal integrations, better language support, and more.

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 ...