I have re-installed my Visual Studio 2019 Professional and now Team Explorer is missing some sections. Branches and Changes sections are missing. Now I am able to manage my branches from Git repository window, which is not too comfortable for me. How can I add missing sections to Team Explorer tab?
Problem solves. New "Git experience" feature has been presented in VS 2019.
To bring disappeared sections back in Team Explorer just disable "New Git user experience" under Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Preview features.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/git-with-visual-studio?view=vs-2019
Yes just uncheck New Git features!
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According to Microsoft docs - Browse Git repositories and compare branches in Visual Studio, I should have a Compare with Current Branch menu option right after View history. However, I don't have them, in neither the branch picker nor the 'Git Repository' window.
I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019, Version 16.11.16. This answer suggests this feature was available since Visual Studio 2017 Edit: Reading again, looks like it's a different feature.
Edit: I do get it with Visual Studio 2022 Community, Version 17.3.0, on the exact same clone. It's now named Compare 'mybranch' with 'main'. This visualstudio blog post suggests it's a new feature, so maybe the documentation incorrectly attributes it to VS2019...
So I just installed VS 2019 and right of the box, I am not seeing the options for Github as I can see on 2017.
Here is what I am seeing:
I am expecting to see this:
What could cause the options not showing up? I can see them on VS 2017. TIA.
To Solve this problem we need to simply disabled New Git user experience option. To do so, press "Ctrl+Q"(to search) -> now paste preview features -> uncheck New Git user experience checkbox. And Wala! you are done!
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This is the way I solved my Problem.
I recently ran into this issue. I went to the Search box at the very top of Visual Studio, looked for preview features as mentioned in another comment, and unchecked New Git user experience. That reverted it to the old way. Then, I went back and checked it back on, and the Git Changes tab reappeared in the solution explorer window.
Something changed recently with an update to VS 2019. If you click the "Open Git Changes" link, it opens a new window that lets you do the individual Fetch, Pull and Push operations (highlighted arrows screenshot here).
As far as I can see, git was moved to a menu option "Git" in Visual Studio 2019 16.8.3. Maybe I am missing something but I can have a go and try the new menu Git > Manage Branches
Just have the same problem that i was missing the "Team Explorer" Panel (Changes, Sync etc.)in Visual Studio 2019.
When I was turning off following Option, the menu was looking like VS2017:
Git -> Options -> Environment -> Preview Feature
Turning off "New git user experience" Option.
Maybe this helps.
Here the article about the "New git user experience":
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/exciting-new-updates-to-the-git-experience-in-visual-studio/
I have the same problem, suddenly when I opened my Visual Studio 2019 Professional Edition, the Git connection is gone in Team Explorer, and I can't even see my projects in Azure Devops when I am already connected.
My solution is I just updated my Visual Studio by checking for new updates by going on Help Menu -> Check for Updates.
We migrated from Jira to Azure Devops for easier integration for our workflow, and have been managing work items assigned to our team from within Visual Studio.
Once connected to our organisation, developers could open the Team Explorer -> Work Items tab and right click an item to create a branch to start the ticket.
This option has now disappeared from all machines, including mine (I'm the organisation global admin on Azure AD).
As seen:
Previously this menu had a "Add Branch" option which is the only way to create a new branch for a ticket without going through a labourious git sync workflow.
Is there a way to configure which options appear on this menu, or get them all back?
Generally reconnecting your Azure DevOps account from Visual Studio will solve the issue.
For example, just open up Visual Studio, connect to DevOps, and clone a project, it opens the folder view. You can then switch to solution view. If you go through that process, you can right-click and have the missing options for work items appear.
Or just reconnect your ADO account, then open a version control solution from Team Explorer or just click "Continue without code".
We get source control explorer for the TFS source control model, and it is productive.
Do we get a similar source control explorer for Git in Visual Studio 2017?
If we do have it, how do I navigate to it?
In short, no, there is no built-in UI support for Git in Visual Studio 2017.
Alternatively, you can try the following extensions based on your source control setup.
In Visual Studio, select Tools → Extensions and Updates, select Online on the left pane, search for one of the following in the search bar in the top right:
Bitbucket → install Visual Studio Bitbucket Extension
GitHub → Install GitHub Extension for Visual Studio
Git → Install Easy Git Integration Tools
The first two do a good job of providing UI controls to work with source control as they relate to Bitbucket or GitHub in a similar fashion to regular TFS integration (that you may be familiar with). I haven't tried the third one myself, and I'm not sure what that one is like.
Please see the Solution Explorer - Folder View. This can be accessed from Solution Explorer (open with CTRL+W, S), then by clicking the Solutions and Folders toggle button. In Visual Studio 2017, it looks like this:
Though it's not a 1:1 capability of the Team Foundation Source Control Explorer view, it does have the ability to view files in the local repo, open, view history, etc.
Visual Studio does not currently have Source Control Explorer for Git repositories. You might consider voting on this User Voice item to help the product team prioritize features:
https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio-ide/suggestions/4178754-visual-studio-tools-for-git-extension-microsoft-g
In Visual Studio 2019, open the folder for the work space using "File->Open->Folder...". The solution explorer, via "View->Solution Explorer", should display all the files which you can then right click to view history and other GIT operations.
how can I select all the checkout files for a user in tfs 2012? When looking in the source control explorer in can see the find changesets but not a status option?
From the commandline:
tf status $/Project/ /collection:http://yourtfsserver:8080/tfs/YourCollectionName
From Team Explorer the option isn't there by default, but the Team Foundation Server Power Tools add this feature to the context menu:
Team Explorer Enhancements
This tool provides additional Visual Studio menu options and functions
to support finding files under version control by status or wildcard,
opening a folder using File Explorer from the Source Control Explorer
context menu, and labeling files and folders in Source Control
Explorer. Clone builds definitions easily and copy work item paths.
Collaborate and share with your teammates within Visual Studio using
the new Team Members page in the Team Explorer tool window. You can
communicate with your team through instant messaging, share queries
and components, create workspace templates, and track your sprint
progress.