#Visual studio code git not showing how to

Git diff and merge section as saved from visual studio 2019 preview the rationale behind this choice is that if you are inside a tool (like vs) that has full support for diff and merge, the tool will automatically present you with diff and merge capabilities without checking repo configuration. If you are inside visual studio, it will handle diff and merge automatically, even if it is not configured as diff or merge tool. If you have a conflict during merge or rebase, visual studio will automatically show conflicts and guide you during merging. if you use only visual studio, these settings are not so useful Merge and diff configurations are typical settings that are made at the user level and not for each individual repositoryĪs you can see, in figure 3, no diff or merge tool was set for the current repository this means that it will use the default one for the user (in my situation is none). If you open the repository settings, usually, you find that no specific diff and merge tool is set. Settings pane contains a specific section for git where you can configure settings for the current repository or global settings that are valid for all repositories of the current user. Git repository settings inside visual studio team explorerĭiff and merge tool configuration inside visual studio. If you use visual studio 2017 or greater, you can simply go to team explorer and open settings of the repository. That post was written when visual studio 2012 was the latest version and the integration with git was still really young, made with an external plugin made by microsoft and with really basic support.

Is still read by people that found it useful, but it is now really really old and needs to be updated.

#Visual studio code git not showing how to

How to configure diff and merge tool in visual studio git tools