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.

Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 also enhances the Git experience while adding new C# features. Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1 follows the November release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 ...