Resources for using the popular distributed source code control and collaboration tools Git and Mercurial on Windows.

Git Extensions includes an extension for Visual Studio versions going back to 2005. There's also the Visual Studio Tools for Git extension created by the Team Foundation Server (TFS) Power Tools Team ...

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

Microsoft has announced that it made several performance improvements in Visual Studio 2022 in the 17.3 release. Mainly these enhancements relate to Git branch switching and C++.

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. In so ...

GitSync for Plastic SCM has been released with support for native Git network protocols and Visual Studio 2012 support.

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.

Adding Git support, however, will make the Team Foundation suite an option for many developers and even if they are not interested in hosting their projects on Microsoft’s servers, built-in Git ...

There used to be a time when Microsoft would release new versions of its Visual Studio development environment every two years or so, with maybe a service pack in the middle. Since the release of ...