Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub is complete, and former Xamarin CEO Nat Friedman is now in charge of the cloud code management service. It wasn’t a surprising acquisition: Over the last few years, ...

Add "write Git commits" to the growing list of developer tasks in Visual Studio 2022 that are now being handled by AI. For those who might not be familiar, GitHub defines Git commits as: "snapshots of ...

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Microsoft released a new version of Visual Studio Tools for Git yesterday, that adds some welcome functionality. The update is version 0.8.0.0 (so it's still in the preview stage). The two key ...

Microsoft just made a major announcement that will likely take many developers by surprise. At the ALM Summit in Redmond, WA this morning, Microsoft Brian Harry just announced that its Team Foundation ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it is bringing Git support to both Visual Studio, and Team Foundation Server. Git, free software under the GNU public liscence, built at first by Linux-guru Linus ...

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. GVFS is an ...

Microsoft has rolled out Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2, which contains a ton of enhancements related to Git, C++, .NET, and macOS development. Color tabs are finally supported too. Visual Studio ...