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Git Tools

Git Tools

yysun

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104,809 installs
| (18) | Free
This extension provides a git changes window, a graphical git history viewer and menus to launch Git Bash, Git Extenstions and TortoiseGit.
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Introduction

Git Tools is a Visual Studio extension that integration a few more git tools to Visual Studio 2013/2015/2017, including git changes window, graphical git history viewer and menus to launch Git Bash, Git Extensions and TortoiseGit.

Visual Studio 2019 users: Please use Git Tools 2019.

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History

Git Tools and Git Tools 2019 are the successors of Git Source Control Provider.

Git Source Control Provider was the Visual Studio extension for Visual Studio 2008/2010. It integrates Git tools to Visual Studio as a source control provider since Visual Studio 2008 (Github Project) (InfoQ News).

Started in Visual Studio 2013, Microsoft has built the Microsoft Git provider into Visual Studio, but Visual Studio remains allowing only one active source control provider at a time. Git Tools is modified from the Git Source Control Provider to become a standalone extension. It is compatible with Microsoft Git and can run side by side with Microsoft Git.

Visual Studio 2019 has a new asynchronous extension architecture. Git Tools 2019 is modified from Git Tools to adopt the new architecture. It is compiled from the VS2019 branch.

Screenshot of Visual Studio 2017

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Screenshot of Visual Studio 2019

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Git Tools/Git Tools 2019 is an open source project. For more information, please visit https://github.com/yysun/git-tools

Pull requests are welcome.

How to Use

  • Install Git for Windows, Git Extensions (optional) or TortoiseGit (optional).
  • Run Visual Studio.
  • Go to Tools | Extensions, and Updates..., search the online gallery for Git Tools and install.
  • Select Top Menu 'Git Tools' or add 'Git Tools' toolbar to the main window.
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