Git with Visual Studio 2015 (C#)

Question

Hello everybody and thanks always for the help I would like to ask if there is a simple, very simple tutorial for using git with visual studio 2105. "you can google it" you can say, ok, I already did it and I find first a cryptic and not so "basic" page in microsoft site and I also found this seemingly excellent video tutorial Using git with visual studio

My problem is it does not work like that in my system.

1) I tried to put an existing project with source control but I dont know how to do that.

2) So, ok, let's start with the basics- I said, so I did what they did. Create a new project with source control and there the problems started

2-1) it does not ask me if I want git or the other one as in the video 2-2) the output window throw an error as

We were unable to automatically populate your Visual Studio Team Services accounts.

The following error was encountered: TF400813: Resource not available for anonymous access. Client authentication required.

2-3) I get my basic code so I want to do my initial commit as they do in the video but the commit button is not active. No matter how many changes I make in the code, git does not register any change and therefore does not let me commit.

I don't want to do any fancy things, share my code, or even upload it to a repository, clone it anything. I just want the most BASIC thing, have my local repository and work with that

can anybody help me please?

Answer 1

I feel your pain. I just learned this stuff a few weeks ago. Form what you describe, you are not logged into VisualStudio.com inside of Visual Studio. Yes, I know that sounds really dumb, but I do think that is your problem.

Your real problem is that you are trying to learn two things at once, git and using git with VS as a shell. That will make it way harder.

I would suggest that you start using git from the command line first. That will help you understand how it works and then adding VS on top is less of a challenge since you will understand what SHOULD happen.

You can download the command line version of git here . Once you have mastered local repositories, you can create a GitHub account and practice with remotes. Once you have mastered that, then try using it from within Visual Studio.