Git Experience in Visual Studio 2019 | GitHub Getting Started

Git Experience in Visual Studio 2019 |GitHub Getting Started Visual Studio includes a straightforward clone experience. If you know the URL of the repository that you would like to clone, you can paste the URL in the Repository location section and then choose the disk location you would like Visual Studio to clone to. Git is now the default version control experience in Visual Studio 2019. Since version 16.6, we&worked on building out the feature set and iterating on it based on your feedback. The new Git experience is turned on by default for everyone with the release of version 16.8. When you clone a repository or open a local repository, Visual Studio switches you into that Git context by saving and closing any previously open solutions and projects. Solution Explorer loads the folder at the root of the Git repository and scans the directory tree for any View files. These include files such as CMakeLists.txt or those with the .sln file extension. Visual Studio adjusts its View based on which View file you load in Solution Explorer: If you clone a repository that contains a single .sln file, then Solution Explorer directly loads that solution for you. If Solution Explorer doesn’t detect any .sln files in your repository, then by default it loads Folder View. If your repository has more than one .sln file, then Solution Explorer shows you the list of available Views for you to choose from.