When you use Git to clone a repository, some configuration elements are also intentionally left out to prevent remote servers from fetching and executing code on remote systems.

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

The developers behind Git and various companies providing Git repository hosting services have pushed out a fix to patch a dangerous vulnerability in the Git source code versioning software.

Visual Studio Code, the popular development text editor and IDE, has rolled out its big July 2025 release. The v1.103 update adds new Git and terminal integrations, better language support, and more.

The new features allow the developer to control a Git repository directly from Visual Studio, reducing context-switching. Microsoft first announced the new git tooling earlier this year, in March.