How-to use Git with Visual Studio

You can find every Visual Studio’s version here: \Tc4s0a\groups\AARA\AARAD\Software Library\Developer Tools\Microsoft

Select a project

1. Open Azure DevOps

2. Select Repos and choose the project

   

Create a branch from DevOps

1. Open Azure DevOps

2. Go to Branches > New Branch

   

3. Add a name, select your work item and click on create

   1. The standard for branch’s name: feature/PbiNumber-PbiTitle

      

Delete a local branch

Delete a local project

Clone git repository with Visual Studio 2013

1. Connect with DevOps

   1. Click on Select Team Projects > Servers > Add > https://dev.azure.com/transport-canada

      

2. Click on transport-canada and select DSD-CIVAV Support

   

3. Connect with the project

   

4. Clone the repository

   

5. Track your DevOps branch. When you clone the repository, the default branch will be the default branch of the DevOps repository. You need to track your branch.

   1. Click on New Branch

      

   2. Select your branch

      

   3. Click on Create Branch

      

6. Open the README.md file. Click on File > Open > File > select README.md file

Clone git repository with Visual Studio 2015

1. Click on Team Explorer > Connect

   

2. Click on Servers > Add

   

3. Add the information from DevOps https://dev.azure.com/transport-canada > OK.

   

4. After that click on Connect

   

5. Click on this

   

   and select the project and connect.

   

6. Click on Branches

   

7. Track/Checkout your DevOps branch. When you clone the repository, the default branch will be the default branch of the DevOps repository. You need to track your branch.

   

8. Open the README.md file. Click on File > Open > File > select README.md file

   

Clone git repository with Visual Studio 2019

I downloaded the visual studio 2019 community version from here.

1. Clone Repository

   

2. Select Azure DevOps

   

3. In this step, we need to be connected. When you are connected, we can see in the list dev.azure.com > transport-canada.

   

4. If you don’t see the option in the list, you need to add the server. Click on Add Azure DevOps Server > Add the URL https://dev.azure.com/ > Add. After that, the list will be updated.

   

5. Select transport-canada > DSD-CivAv Support > Training project. Set up your path to finish the clone.

   

6. Click on Team Explorer > Git Repository

   

   or View > Git Repository

   

7. Track/Checkout your DevOps branch. When you clone the repository, the default branch will be the default branch of the DevOps repository. Select your branch > right button > checkout

   

   or you can set/track/checkout your branch from here