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As a long-time Visual SourceSafe user (and hater) I was discussing switching to SVN with a colleague; he suggested using Git instead. Since, apparently, it
can be used as peer-to-peer without a central server (we just have a 3-developer team).

I have not been able to find anything about tools that integrate Git with Visual Studio, though - does such a thing exist?

What technologies are available for using Git with Visual Studio? And what do I need to know about how they differ before I begin?

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edited Jul 17 '16 at 19:48 asked Feb 3 '09 at 14:46

Peter Mortensen Herb Caudill
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4 I just added the Git Source Control Provider for VS 2010, so it still works. – Wade73 Sep 19 '12 at 17:33

3 Checkout this tutorial from VS team. The next update; Update 2 for VS 2012 is coming any day now. You can also download the community technology preview (CTP) for
VS2012 from here. Alternatively, if you are into CMMI, Agile, Scrum 1/2 etc. you can signup for free account (both public or private cloud instances) & invite members
(teammates, clients) to ur project on web-based TFS tfs.visualstudio.com – Annie Apr 7 '13 at 20:25

2 I have been using Visual Studio and git for two years now. I would say that the best solution to this problem is to just use a separate source control application like Atlassians
SourceTree. It's free, easy to install, has a good GUI and is user friendly, you can browse multiple repositories(aka different projects) just like you would browse the web in
Chrome, and, most importantly, support multiple source control systems. Give it a try! You wont be disappointed, I assure you! – Fazi Nov 5 '14 at 16:30

2 Git is supported natively starting from Visual Studio 2013 – rustyx Oct 20 '15 at 19:15

13 I love how 1342 people have upvoted this question and some idiot comes and closes it anyway. Good going StackOverfolow.... What does it matter if doesn't fit SO's criteria if
it's so many people find it so helpful. Isn't the point of this website is to be helpful? – thebunnyrules Jul 13 '17 at 3:09

16 Answers

In Jan 2013, Microsoft announced that they are adding full Git support into all their ALM products. They
have published a plugin for Visual Studio 2012 that adds Git source control integration.

Alternatively, there is a project called Git Extensions that includes add-ins for Visual Studio 2005, 2008,
2010 and 2012, as well as Windows Explorer integration. It's regularly updated and having used it on a
couple of projects, I've found it very useful.

Another option is Git Source Control Provider.

edited May 2 '17 at 10:49 answered Feb 3 '09 at 15:07

CJM Jon Rimmer
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6 Oooh. Thanks. I don't suppose any of that stuff works w/ VS2005? – T.E.D. Feb 3 '09 at 23:42

9 ted.dennison: According to this page (code.google.com/p/gitextensions) it is a VS 2005/2008 plugin. – Jonas May

6 '09 at 11:32

10 To correct myself - the source is hosted on Github, the MSIs aren't. – Chris S Mar 25 '10 at 13:54

5 I've installed git extensions, it works "by" visual studio, and not fully integrated. Is there a solution that enables
check-in - check-out from the Solution Explorer ? – Dani Jan 15 '11 at 17:09

4 Dani, someone is working on a Git source control provider for VS that seems to provide a slightly deeper level of
integration: gitscc.codeplex.com – Jon Rimmer Jan 19 '11 at 10:54

I use Git with Visual Studio for my port of Protocol Buffers to C#. I don't use the GUI - I just keep a
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