Git, can I use it instead of sourcesafe or subversion?

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Can Git be used the same as sourcesafe, Can I implement it directly into visual studio to check-in/out code and see history?

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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This project apparently has an extension for Visual Studio. I haven't tried it myself, though, I'm afraid.

There's a very similar question on here that you might want to look at...

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answered Jul 23 '09 at 15:31

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Git extention for visual studio is okay, though wish they would integrate a better diff tool. Typically find that using TortoiseGit is a better option, though do all the compare via the File explorer. – Chad Aug 21 '09 at 14:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '09 at 15:33

gitextensions provides one. However, fundementally git operates in a very different way to sourcesafe, so you have to learn git.

If looking for something more robust than sourcesafe, but working much the same way, then consider Sourcegear's Vault - it was designed to be a drop-in replacement.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 23 '09 at 15:39

I've been using git for the past year or so. In my opinion the least friction comes from the command prompt/terminal.

If Visual Studio integration is important to you, and my other 2 choices were Subversion or SourceSafe, I'd certainly go with Subversion. VisualSVN is an incredible product and well worth the price of admission.

As others have said git is a much different paradigm in the SCM world and should, in my opinion be explored without prior conceptions of how source control should work.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 23 '09 at 15:33

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Here is a link to what appears to be a VS extension

answered Jul 23 '09 at 15:33

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Git, can I use it instead of sourcesafe or subversion?

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