Tip: Click on an extension tile to read the description and reviews in the Marketplace. SCM Providers VS Code has support for handling multiple Source Control providers simultaneously. For example, you can open multiple Git repositories alongside your TFS local workspace and seamlessly work across your projects. The SOURCE CONTROL PROVIDERS list of the Source Control view ( ⌃⇧G (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+G)) shows the detected providers and repositories and you can scope the display of your changes by selecting a specific provider. SCM Provider extensions If you would like to install an additional SCM provider, you can search on the scm providers extension category in the Extensions view ( ⇧⌘X (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+X)). Start typing '@ca' and you will see suggestions for extension categories like debuggers and linters. Select @category:'scm providers' to see available SCM providers.
Visual Studio (free Community edition - since 2015) is a simplified version of the full version and replaces the separated express editions used before 2015. Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS, Windows) editor that can be extended with plugins to your needs. The sections below will explore how Git can be used for version control in Visual Studio for Mac. Git version control menu. The image below illustrates the options provided by Visual Studio for Mac by the Version Control menu item: Push and Pull. Pushing and Pulling are two of the most commonly used actions within Git.
Git support VS Code ships with a Git source control manager (SCM) extension. Most of the source control UI and work flows are common across other SCM extensions so reading about the Git support will help you understand how to use another provider. Note: If you are new to Git, the website is a good place to start with a popular online, Getting Started. The VS Code documentation assumes you are already familiar with Git. Note: VS Code will leverage your machine's Git installation, so you need to first before you get these features. Make sure you install at least version 2.0.0.
Tip: VS Code will work with any Git repository. If you don't already have a private hosted Git provider, is a great free option. The Source Control icon on the left will always indicate an overview of how many changes you currently have in your repository. Clicking it will show you the details of your current repository changes: CHANGES, STAGED CHANGES and MERGE CHANGES. Clicking each item will show you in detail the textual changes within each file. Note that for unstaged changes, the editor on the right still lets you edit the file: feel free to use it!
You can also find indicators of the status of your repository in the bottom left corner of VS Code: the current branch, dirty indicators and the number of incoming and outgoing commits of the current branch. You can checkout any branch in your repository by clicking that status indicator and selecting the Git reference from the list.
Tip: You can open VS Code in a sub-directory of a Git repository. VS Code's Git services will still work as usual, showing all changes within the repository, but file changes outside of the scoped directory are shaded with a tool tip indicating they are located outside the current workspace.
Commit Staging (git add) and unstaging (git reset) can be done via contextual actions in the files or by drag-and-drop. You can type a commit message above the changes and press Ctrl+Enter (macOS: ⌘+Enter) to commit them. If there are any staged changes, only those will be committed, otherwise all changes will be committed. We've found this to be a great workflow. For example, in the earlier screenshot, only the staged changes to gulpfile.js will be included in the commit. A consecutive commit action could commit later changes to gulpfile.js, the deletion of yarn.lock, and changes to tests.js in a separate commit.
More specific Commit actions can be found in the More Actions. Menu on the top of the Git view. Cloning a repository You can clone a Git repository with the Git: Clone command in the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)). You will be asked for the URL of the remote repository (for example on ) and the parent directory under which to put the local repository.
For a GitHub repository, you would find the URL from the GitHub Clone or download dialog. You would then paste that URL into the Git: Clone prompt.
Branches and Tags You can create and checkout branches directly within VS code through the Git: Create Branch and Git: Checkout to commands in the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)). If you run Git: Checkout to, you will see a drop-down list containing all of the branches or tags in the current repository.
The Git: Create Branch command lets you quickly create a new branch. Just provide the name of your new branch and VS Code will create the branch and switch to it. Remotes Given that your repository is connected to some remote and that your checked out branch has an to a branch in that remote, VS Code offers you useful actions to push, pull and sync that branch (the latter will run a pull command followed by a push command).
You can find these actions in the More Actions. VS Code is able to periodically fetch changes from your remotes. This enables VS Code to show how many changes your local repository is ahead or behind the remote. Starting with VS Code 1.19, this feature is disabled by default and you use the git.autofetch to enable it. Tip: You should to avoid getting asked for credentials every time VS Code talks to your Git remotes.
If you don't do this, you may want to consider disabling automatic fetching via the git.autofetch to reduce the number of prompts you get. Git Status Bar actions There is a Synchronize Changes action in the Status Bar, next to the branch indicator, when the current checked out branch has an upstream branch configured.
Synchronize Changes will pull remote changes down to your local repository and then push local commits to the upstream branch. If there is no upstream branch configured and the Git repository has remotes set up, the Publish action is enabled. This will let you publish the current branch to a remote. Gutter indicators If you open a folder that is a Git repository and begin making changes, VS Code will add useful annotations to the gutter and to the overview ruler.
A red triangle indicates where lines have been deleted. A green bar indicates new added lines. A blue bar indicates modified lines Merge conflicts Merge conflicts are recognized by VS Code. Differences are highlighted and there are inline actions to accept either or both changes.
Once the conflicts are resolved, stage the conflicting file so you can commit those changes. Viewing diffs Our Git tooling supports viewing of diffs within VS Code. Tip: You can diff any two files by first right clicking on a file in the Explorer or OPEN EDITORS list and selecting Select for Compare and then right-click on the second file to compare with and select Compare with 'filenameyouchose'. Alternatively from the keyboard hit ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P) and select File: Compare Active File With and you will be presented with a list of recent files. Diff editor review pane There is a review pane in the Diff editor which presents changes in a unified patch format.
You can navigate between changes with Go to Next Difference ( F7) and Go to Previous Difference ( ⇧F7 (Windows, Linux Shift+F7)). Lines can be navigated with arrow keys and pressing Enter will jump back in the Diff editor and the selected line.
Note: This experience is especially helpful for screen reader users. Git output window You can always peek under the hood to see the Git commands we are using. This is helpful if something strange is happening or if you are just curious.:) To open the Git output window, run View Output and select Git from the drop-down list. Initialize a repository If your workspace isn't under Git source control, you can easily create a Git repository with the Initialize Repository command. When VS Code doesn't detect an existing Git repository, you will see a There are no active source control providers.
Message in the Source Control view and the Initialize Repository command will be available on the title bar. You can also run the Git: Initialize Repository command from the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)). Running Initialize Repository will create the necessary Git repository metadata files and show your workspace files as untracked changes ready to be staged.
VS Code as Git editor When you launch VS Code from the command line, you can pass the -wait argument to make the launch command wait until you have closed the new VS Code instance. This can be useful when you configure VS Code as your Git external editor so Git will wait until you close the launched VS Code instance. Here are the steps to do so:. Make sure you can run code -help from the command line and you get help. if you do not see help, please follow these steps:. macOS: Select Shell Command: Install 'Code' command in path from the Command Palette.
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Windows: Make sure you selected Add to PATH during the installation. Linux: Make sure you installed Code via our new.deb or.rpm packages. From the command line, run git config -global core.editor 'code -wait' Now you can run git config -global -e and use VS Code as editor for configuring Git. VS Code as Git diff tool Add the following to your Git configurations to use VS Code as the diff tool: diff tool = default-difftool difftool 'default-difftool' cmd = code -wait -diff $LOCAL $REMOTE This leverages the -diff option you can pass to VS Code to compare 2 files side by side.
To summarize, here are some examples of where you can use VS Code as the editor:. git rebase HEAD3 -i do interactive rebase using VS Code. git commit use VS Code for the commit message. git add -p followed by e for interactive add.
git difftool ^ use VS Code as the diff editor for changes Working with pull requests Visual Studio Code also supports pull request workflows through available on the VS Code Marketplace. Pull request extensions let you review, comment, and verify source code contributions directly within VS Code. Tip: Click on an extension tile to read the description and reviews in the Marketplace. Next steps. An introductory video providing an overview of VS Code Git support. Learn about the powerful VS Code editor. Move quickly through your source code.
This is where VS Code really shines. Running tasks with Gulp, Grunt and Jake. Showing Errors and Warnings.
If you want to integrate another Source Control provider into VS Code, see our SCM API. Common questions I initialized my repo but the actions in the. Menu are all grayed out To push, pull, and sync you need to have a Git origin set up. You can get the required URL from the repo host. Once you have that URL, you need to add it to the Git settings by running a couple of command line actions. For example: git remote add origin git push -u origin master My team is using Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) instead of Git.
What should I do? Use the extension and this will light up TFVC support. Why do the Pull, Push and Sync actions never finish?
This usually means there is no credential management configured in Git and you're not getting credential prompts for some reason. You can always set up a in order to pull and push from a remote server without having VS Code prompt for your credentials each time. How can I sign into Git with my Azure DevOps organization which requires multi-factor authentication? There are now that assist with multi-factor authentication.
You can download these from. I have GitHub Desktop installed on my computer but VS Code ignores it VS Code only supports the for its Git integration. I keep getting Git authentication dialogs whenever VS Code is running VS Code automatically fetches changes from the server in order to present you with a summary of incoming changes. The Git authentication dialog is independent from VS Code itself and is a part of your current Git credential helper. One way to avoid these prompts is to set up a which remembers your credentials. Another option is to disable the auto fetch feature by changing the following setting: 'git.autofetch': false.
Can I use SSH Git authentication with VS Code? Yes, though VS Code works most easily with SSH keys without a passphrase. If you have a SSH key with a passphrase, you'll need to launch VS Code from a Git Bash prompt to inherit its SSH environment.
Update to Jenny's post: The Community editions actually started since VS 2013. (2013 is great free platform for producing get-in-and-out-quick project releases, as unlike 2015 it's stable itself.) Express editions still exist even in 2015, but 'express' editions are now aimed as light platforms for individual targets (i.e.
Choose one of Web or Desktop or W10) rather than the Express 2008/2010 single language (i.e. Choose one of c, c#, vb.) style. Even then the official Express download site suggests people really should consider Community - why wouldn't you? – Oct 29 '16 at 4:08.
Visual Studio (full version) is a 'full-featured' and 'convenient' development environment. Visual Studio (free 'Express' versions - only until 2017) are feature-centered and simplified versions of the full version. Feature-centered meaning that there are different versions (Visual Studio Web Developer, Visual Studio C#, etc.) depending on your goal. Visual Studio (free Community edition - since 2015) is a simplified version of the full version and replaces the separated express editions used before 2015. Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS, Windows) editor that can be extended with plugins to your needs.
For example if you want to you need to perform several steps on your own to setup the project. There is a separate tutorial for each OS. I will provide a detailed differences between Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code below. If you really look at it the most obvious difference is that.NET has been split into two:.NET Core (Mac/Linux/Windows).NET Framework (Windows only) All native user interface technologies (Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Forms, etc) are part of the framework, not the core.
The 'Visual' in Visual Studio (from Visual Basic) was largely synonymous with visual UI (drag & drop WYSIWYG) design, so in that sense, VS Code is Visual Studio without the Visual! The second most obvious difference is that Visual Studio tends to be oriented around Projects & Solutions. VS Code:. It's a lightweight Source Code Editor which can be used to view, edit, run and debug source code for applications. Simply it is Visual Studio without the Visual UI, majorly a superman’s text-editor. It is mainly oriented around files not projects.
It does not have any scaffolding support. It is a competitor of Sublime or Atom on Electron. It is based on Electron framework, which is used to build cross platform desktop application using web technologies. It does not have support for Microsoft's version control system; Team Foundation Server. It has limited IntelliSense for Microsoft file types and similar features. It is mainly used by developers on a Mac who deal with client-side technologies (HTML/JS/CSS).
Visual Studio:. As the name indicates, it is an IDE, it contains all the features required for project development. Like Code Auto Completion, Debugger, Database Integration, Server Setup and Configurations and so on. It is a complete solution mostly used by and for.NET related developers. It includes everything from source control to bug tracker to deployment tools, etc. It has everything required to develop. It is widely used on.NET related projects (though you can use it for other things).
Community version is free but if you want to make most of it then it is not free. Visual Studio is aimed to be the world’s best IDE (Integrated Development Environment), which provide full stack develop toolsets including a powerful code completion component called IntelliSense, a debugger which can debug both source code and machine code, everything about ASP.NET development and something about SQL development.
In the latest version of Visual Studio, you can develop cross platform application without leaving IDE. And Visual Studio takes more than 8GB disk space (according to the components you select). In brief, Visual Studio is an ultimate development environment, and it’s quite heavy. @YinCognyto - Yes, Community is quite capable of handling substantial development, including multiple projects and deploying to a variety of target platforms. Unless you need the high-end design/team tools that are only in Enterprise (or work in a company that meets MS criteria for being an Enterprise), you can do everything you need in Community.
Unless you are targetting mobile via Xamarin: the Xamarin Profiler requires Enterprise license, so you'll have to pay, or do without. – Nov 27 at 13:30. @ToolmakerSteve I want to develop for desktop (and mobile if needed), but tools like Profiler (and others) are bloatware for me (I can avoid memory leaks through proper coding and identify them at runtime), so I can live without it. VS is huge enough as it is (40+ GB only the package) - it would have been nice if there was a guide to point out the things you can skip from installing without affecting critical tasks, targeted platforms or dependencies. So far I went with the (sadly, dead) SharpDevelop and Android Studio - hopefully it will be enough for my needs - correct me if I'm wrong. – Nov 27 at 23:24.
Visual Studio. IDE. Except for Free Editions, it is a paid IDE. It is quite heavy on CPU and lags on lower end PC. Mostly used for Windows Software Development including DirectX Programs, Windows API etc. Advanced Intellisense. (Best one ever; VS Code's Intellisense Extension takes second place).
It features built in Debuggers, Easy to configure Project Settings (though developers tend to not use the GUI ones). MS Support (more than VS Code). Mostly Used for C/C (Win),.NET and C# Projects along with SQL Server & Database etc. Extreme large Download Size, Space Utilization and the slows down over time.
The only con that forces me to use VS Code for smaller projects. Includes tools to generate Dependency Graphs. Refactoring Tools have great support for Visual Studio. Has a VYSIWYG editor for VB.NET/C.NET/C#. (Easy enough for first time users instead of getting through windows.h) Visual Studio Code.
Free Open Source Text Editor. Has Intellisense (but doesn't work out of box if VS is not installed, need to configure to point to MinGW etc.).
Smaller Download Size and RAM Requirements. With Intellisense it requires around 300 MB Ram. Works on lower end PC. (still slow to start up especially if Powershell is used instead of CMD). Lower Support.
(Open Source, so you can modify yourself). Build Tasks are project specific. Even if you want to build it in vanilla configuration. Mostly used for Web Developments. (this applies to all free text editors) They tend to show off Javascript / HTML Support over C/C.
Visual Studio shows off VB/C over other languages. Lack of Good Extensions. (its still new though). Gives you a hard time to reconfigure your project/workspace settings. I prefer the GUI way. Cross Platform. Has integrated terminal.
(powershell too slow at startup though). Best for Smaller Projects, and test codes. (you know if you are bored and want to print Hello World, it does not make sense to wait 3-5 minutes while VS loads up, and then another minute or 2 at project creation and then finally getting it to print 'Hello World').