The git integration with Visual studio is great. It is able to find all the git repositories on your machine and show them all nicely in the team explorer.
However, when working with git, it is very useful to see the actual command line output. Using the GUI can obscure what is actually going on.
TFVC source control has the same problem, as when getting the latest changes, you don’t automatically see everything that’s happening, unless you take the time to open the Output window and navigate to the TFVC Output, where with the default settings you only see updated files in a list.
Sign in to GitHub by using Visual Studio Code. Use Visual Studio Code to search GitHub for repos. Clone a repo from Visual Studio Code. Publish a local project to GitHub by using Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code: Use Git Bash (windows) Ask Question Asked 3 years, 10 months ago. Active 1 year, 5 months ago. Viewed 8k times 4. I have found questions that give direction on using Git Bash with full blown Visual Studio, but I've not been able to locate any directions on how one might be able to set the built-in Terminal that Visual Studio. 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 two 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.
Git Commands For Vs Code
The command line is what really lets you see the details of what’s happening, as well as giving you the ability to try out all the commands and options, not all of which are available from within visual studio.
Below we can see all the details associated with a git pull from a remote repository. Insertions, deletions, and associated counts are neatly laid out and colored in green and red.
How to Quickly Open the Command Prompt with the Project Directory
To quickly get started with the command prompt, it is very helpful to be able to open it directly in the path for the current project. To do this right click on the local git repository in VS and select open command prompt..
Using Git With Visual Studio Code Free
This opens a cmd.exe window opened to the project directory. I don’t like having to use tools outside the IDE unless absolutely necessary, as the context switching can slow productivity. I have started using the extension below which integrates a terminal windows.
Better Integration with a marketplace Extension (vsix)