Visual Studio 2012 is now able to connect to any Git host, including TFS, CodePlex, GitHub and Stash, using an extension available today as Update 2 preview.

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 today announced new integrations with source-code repository startup GitHub, including an extension for Visual Studio 2015 and GitHub code samples in the Bing Developer Assistant extension.

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 ...