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GitHub 4 Visual Studio

GitHub 4 Visual Studio

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A Helpful Extension to Search and Lookup GitHub Repositories Easily
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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GitHub 4 VSC

G4VSC allows you to search for repositories from Visual Studio, hence saving time and efforts of going to github, searching for a repo, analyzing the top ones, and making your pick.

Features

  • Top 10 results for your search query
  • Results sorted by stars
  • Chosen repository opened in your default browser
  • More soon!

Requirements

  • You must set your Access Token in settings

Setting Up

  1. Head over to GitHub and log in
  2. Click on your user icon
  3. Go to settings
  4. Scroll down and hit "Developer Settings"
  5. Click on the "Personal Access Tokens" option
  6. Click "Generate A New Token" and change "Expiration" to No Expiration
  7. Select the "repo" scopes and click on "Generate Token"
  8. Copy the token
  9. Head over to Visual Studio > Settings
  10. Navigate to "GitHub 4 VSC" and paste your token in "Access Token" field
  11. You're all set!
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