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.
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I want to display a list of all the files which are checked out by the user in TFS. This is just incase user has checked out some files accidentally. Is there is a setting available in Visual Studio/TFS which can do that?
Install TFS Power Tool, which provides additional menu options like by status, it can display all checked out.
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 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.
Our project is on Visual Studio Team Services (was TFS Online) and we are using visual studio 2013, but I dont seem to have any connection from Solution Explorer to Team Services.
I have no problem opening Team Explorer-> Source Control Explorer and Get Latest, but when I open the .sln file in visual studio, it seems disconnected to Team Services in the sense that I cant find menu items like "Get Latest", "Check out" and so on. When I create new items in VS they aren't added to Team Services, I have to add them by using Source Control Explorer.
My mappings seems fine, they point to the folders where I have my source code locally.
So, how to I connect my VS to Visual Studio Team Services?
Under Source Control Explorer in VS, double click the .sln file, then go to Solution Explorer to check whether the files under the solution is source controlled.
Additionally, you can go to File--Source Control to see whether you can see "Get latest version" or "Check Out for Edit".
Open the File - Source Control - Manage Source Control and click Bind for each project in the solution.
Also make sure that Team Foundation Server is selected as the version control tools in Tools - Options - Source Control.
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.
I read the this Tool for comparing files in Visual Studio post and the recomended posts but unfortuantely it is only for VS-2008. I am wondering if there is a working tool for comparing selected files in visual studio 2010.
Ideally, select 2 files in Solution Explorer and right click and choose "Compare Selected Files"
I also have ankhSVN as my subversion program therefore cannot use
Edit: I have successfully selected WinMerge as my tool for Diff process, but how do i actually compare 2 files using it?
AnkhSVN is the same for VS2005, 2008 and 2010. You can use Tools -> Options -> Source Control -> Subversion User Tools to configure your diff/merge and patch tools. It will auto-detect most tools, so you only have to select them from the dropdown menu.
See also ankhsvntips
EDIT: There's currently no option to diff 2 different files, you can only diff versions of the same file.
I use BeyondCompare, its really good.
http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?c=kb_vcs.php
SourceGear DiffMerge is great, and integrates well with VS2010 and AnkhSvn. It's recommended in the AnkhSvn wiki.
To compare 2 files just choose "Open File Diff..." from the "File" menu.
VS IDE config instructions for WinMerge are available from Paul Bouwer's blog entry Replace diff/merge tool in Visual Studio Team System with WinMerge:
In Visual Studio under Tools > Options > Source Control > Visual Studio Team Foundation > Configure User Tools, add entries for Compare and Merge using the options indicated.
Works great anywhere in VS IDE that the Compare command is available eg in Pending Changes and Changeset Details windows.
Also works great with Windows Explorer integration and as a stand alone tool.
I love the Solution Explorer > Right-click > "Open Containing Folder" feature of the PowerCommands extension for Visual Studio 2010. I want the equivalent of a "Jump to location in Source Control Explorer" feature. How can I find out the location in TFS of a given open file, or a file in the solution explorer (or a file in the solution navigator in you have the Productivity Power Tools extension)?
The best answer would be a couple of mouse clicks and no keyboard. Next best answer would be a hotkey mapping.
The only solution that I have found so far is to use the Productivity Power Tools extension which has the feature "Find in Source Control". A file in the results list can be right-clicked to "Open folder in Source Control Explorer". The drawbacks to this solution is that is takes many clicks, and the search results can match more than one file if files exist with the same name in different folders.
There is a stand-alone extension that you can download, called Locate in TFS, within Visual Studio.
"Locate in TFS" on TFS Gallery
"Locate in TFS" on GitHub
This also works on files that you "Exclude from source control", as many developers do with the web.config files.
psulek's post, above, mentions this as part of VSCommands, but I prefer the stand-alone extension.
Try Visual Studio extension VSCommands for Visual Studio 2012. It has feature called Locate in TFS. This will add new button to Solution Explorer Locate in TFS which opens active selected file/folder in TFS Source Control Explorer.
Feature request has been raised with Visual Studio team. Read here
I know it's probably too late. See TfsExt extension for vs2010
I'm not sure if it's possible, but it's a good suggestion.
These two examples show how to use the Visual Studio Extensibility APIs to access the TFS Source Control Explorer APIs.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edhintz/archive/2006/02/03/524312.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2008/07/09/working-on-tfs-sdk-improvements.aspx
For Visual Studio 2013 try lightweight extension TfsExt13