Set up Git in VS Code. To use Git and GitHub in VS Code, first make sure you have Git installed on your computer. If Git is missing, the Source Control view shows instructions on how to install it. Make sure to restart VS Code afterwards.

VS Code uses your machine's Git installation (at least version 2.0.0), so you need to install Git first before you get these features. You can access the Source Control view from the by selecting the Source Control icon in the Activity Bar or by using the ⌃⇧G (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+G ) keyboard shortcut.

To get started with the GitHub in VS Code, you'll need to install Git, create a GitHub account and install the GitHub Pull Requests and Issues extension. In this topic, we'll demonstrate how you can use some of your favorite parts of GitHub without leaving VS Code.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the basics of Git version control in Visual Studio Code. For more information about integrated Git support, including how to work with remote repositories, read on in the related resources section below.

Install VS Code extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace. Customize VS Code with themes, formatters, language extensions and debuggers for your favorite languages, and more. Set up AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot

Download Visual Studio Code. Free and built on open source. Integrated Git, debugging and extensions.

Copilot is your AI pair programmer tool in Visual Studio Code. Get code suggestions as you type in the editor, or use natural language chat to ask about your code or start an editing session for implementing new feature and fixing bugs.

VS Code uses git.exe for executing all Git operations. Starting with Git 2.35.2 , users are prevented from running Git operations in a repository that is in a folder that owned by a user other than the current user as the repository is deemed to be potentially unsafe.

Install VS Code extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace. Customize VS Code with themes, formatters, language extensions and debuggers for your favorite languages, and more. Set up AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot

To get started with VS Code and learn how to best use GitHub, check out the resources below: Lessons. Introduction to GitHub in VS Code. In this 20-minute tutorial, you'll learn how to search GitHub for repositories, clone them, and publish your own projects onto GitHub right from VS Code. Introduction to Git