Getting started

Installation

1. Make sure that you have Visual Studio 2008 (Standard or Professional). Visual Studio 2005 and 2010 will be supported in future releases.
2. Download vsGit from our download page.
3. Run the downloaded installer and you're done!

Getting Acquainted

1. When starting up vsGit for the first time, a window will appear prompting you for your name and email address.
2. The git status and log windows will also appear by default, and they can be docked on the edges of the development environment.
3. vsGit's toolbar will be located at the top of Visual Studio, containing buttons for many commonly used git actions.

Adding a Solution to Source Control

1. Create a new solution or open an existing one. Keep in mind this is a testing release so we don't recommend using vsGit with production code.
2. Initialize a new Git repository by right clicking on the solution or clicking the initialize button in the toolbar.
3. Select a few files (or all of them) in your solution and add them to source control by right clicking or using the toolbar.
4. Commit! Clicking commit will prompt you for a quick message and then commit all of your changes.

More Information

We suggest reading up on Git to become familiar with more of the commands. GitHub has an excellent compilation of great tutorials to get you up and running fast.