Do we have Git source control explorer in Visual Studio 2017?

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Do we have Git source control explorer in Visual Studio 2017?



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?





Possible duplicate of Git with Visual Studio Source Control Explorer available yet?
– glennsl
Sep 26 '17 at 15:17





@glennsl Not duplicate. VS 2017 supposed to have improved Git support. The article you pointed relates to VS 2015 which is an older product. I was concern that there might be a tendency to generalize the topic, but VS2017 has an upgraded Git support.
– Allan Xu
Sep 26 '17 at 15:43




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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.





Thank you for the answer. So it is safe to assume that still VS 2017 does not have built-in Git source control explorer and the tool is available for TFS source control model only? If so, please update the answer, so I can mark it.
– Allan Xu
Sep 26 '17 at 15:46





I'm not too sure where you heard that VS 2017 is supposed to have built in support, but to my knowledge, it doesn't. Our office has been using VS 2017 for about 4 months now and have either had to use command-line git, or the bitbucket extension in visual studio.
– J.L
Sep 26 '17 at 15:49





The question is "Do we have .... ?" I guess the correct answer is "No". Yous answer explains the alternatives. I suggest changing the answer to "No, there is no built-in support, but here are a few alternatives:". That way it helps others when they google the question. Does this make sense?
– Allan Xu
Sep 27 '17 at 0:21





@AllanXu Updated, thanks for the suggestion.
– J.L
Sep 27 '17 at 20:50



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





+1 for the uservoice URL to improve support for this request (still relevant since 2013-2017). Thanks @jamill !!!
– Zephan Schroeder
Mar 25 at 22:58



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:



Screen snippet of Solution Explorer - Folder View and View Toggle button



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.






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