Resources for using the popular distributed source code control and collaboration tools Git and Mercurial on Windows.

Whether you're working within PowerShell using Git for Windows or you're inside WSL, the commands you need are the same. Git is platform-agnostic, so you can learn it once and use it everywhere.

GitSync for Plastic SCM has been released with support for native Git network protocols and Visual Studio 2012 support.

Microsoft has announced that it made several performance improvements in Visual Studio 2022 in the 17.3 release. Mainly these enhancements relate to Git branch switching and C++.

Visual Studio 2022 17.6 brings significant performance, editor, and C++ enhancements, while a version 17.7 preview adds more productivity improvements.

Visual Studio 2012 is now able to connect to any Git host, including TFS, CodePlex, GitHub and Stash, using an extension available today as Update 2 preview.