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reddit.com › r/vscode › how do you manage git in vs code?

r/vscode on Reddit: How do you manage Git in VS Code?

July 26, 2025 -

I recently made the switch from IntelliJ to VS Code for my daily development work. Overall, I’m enjoying the lightweight feel and the customizability, but there’s one thing that’s really bothering me: Git integration in VS Code feels really underwhelming.

I’ve tried the most popular Git extension — GitLens — but honestly, I’m not a fan. First, it’s paid (for key features), and second… it just doesn’t feel right to pay for something I expected to be more seamless or built-in.

So I wanted to ask the community:

➡️ How do you manage Git inside VS Code?

➡️ What extensions, tools, or workflows do you use that actually feel good?

➡️ Do you just use the built-in source control panel, or something else entirely?

Would love to hear how others handle this. I’m open to trying new extensions or even command-line-based workflows, as long as they’re efficient and developer-friendly.

Thanks!

You have a terminal, what more do you need?

GitGraph + GitHistory is what I use. Works quite well. For graphical interactive rebase I still use GitLens (search for GitLess - it's a fork without the premium features)

reddit.com › r/learnprogramming › main differences between using git from vscode and from the command line?

r/learnprogramming on Reddit: Main differences between using Git from VSCode and from the command line?

March 12, 2023 -

Hey there. I've started on a new project and am using Git with VSCode instead of from the command line. The only thing I've done so far is git pull and sync which play really nicely together. Are there any other main differences that are worth knowing about? On first impressions it does feels easier than using Git from the command line but is it, and why is that so? Thanks for any help.

Main difference: One you click buttons and the other you type words. The visual one literally executes the same commands that you'd type yourself. So if it works for everything you need, then great. But often when doing something slightly more advanced, there isn't a button for it so you need to use the CLI directly.

When you're a beginner there won't be much of a difference. The real power of Git comes once you start collaborating with other programmers. If you get a job, you'll probably be on a large team of programmers all working on the same program. Let's say you and someone else each want to modify the same file. Git gives you some great tools to resolve those conflicts, but there are a lot more options available from the command line. The GUI can be really useful for visualizing the conflicts, too - so it's not that one is better or worse. The GUI makes common things simpler and helps visualize, while the command line has 10x as many features and lets you do much more advanced stuff. Ideally you use them both together. As two example of command-line tools for working with large projects: "git grep" to find files containing certain words (or regular expressions), or advanced options to "git log", for example, to find the commit when a certain file was deleted - just to name some examples.

Videos

How to use GIT Source Control with VSCode - Tutorial

Using Git with Visual Studio Code (Official Beginner Tutorial) ...

Visual Studio Code & Git in 1 Minute - YouTube

Visual Studio Code cannot detect installed git - YouTube

Git in Visual Studio Code - YouTube

Using Git with VS Code and Github - YouTube

reddit.com › r/vscode › do the git functions in vs code work reliably?

r/vscode on Reddit: Do the git functions in VS Code work reliably?

February 11, 2025 -

One of our senior engineers keeps telling me not to use git in VS Code. He said he found the results would be unpredictable. Can you guys please comment on it? Thanks.

Why don't you ask them what they think is unreliable? We have no context to know why they're thinking that. As someone still progressing in their career looking up to senior engineers, you should be asking these questions on the spot to get to understand it, and also understand that people have bias - especially engineers who learned it one way and don't want to understand another. VSCode is the most popular IDE in the world right now, people don't use it because its core features are buggy. it's Git GUI integration has been a core feature since its early days. It's stable.

I have no issues with vs code’s git interface.

reddit.com › r/vscode › can i use git with vs code locally on my computer?

r/vscode on Reddit: Can I use git with VS code locally on my computer?

April 10, 2025 -

I am writing a Master thesis and doing my coding in Python. Because I have a couple of months to go I still am experimenting. Some code works and some doesn't. Can I create a repo that I can host locally where I can push and pull code and view version control? Can I do with via VS code not needing a Github account. I have installed an extension but when I try to publish my branch it wants my login details to Github and I don't want to use Github.

Git and GitHub are separate things. There is no requirement to have a remote repository to use git. Just use feature branches, commits, and merging. You’ll still have your git tree and everything. You just don’t do the push part. That said, I would highly recommend using a remote repository. Losing everything you’ve been working on if your laptop craps out or you lose it would not be ideal. Having a private repository stored in the cloud could save you.

You can totally do that and it's trivial Go in any folder you can to start versioning with your terminal. Type "git init". Tadaaa ! You changed your directory into a versioned directory (all the data about versions is contained inside the .git folder, that's it) It might be possible to do that exact same thing through VSCode and not through the terminal, but it shouldn't be much more complicated

reddit.com › r/git › main differences between using git from vscode and from the command line?

r/git on Reddit: Main differences between using Git from VSCode and from the command line?

March 12, 2023 -

Hey there. I've started on a new project and am using Git with VSCode instead of from the command line. The only thing I've done so far is git pull and sync which play really nicely together. Are there any other main differences that are worth knowing about? On first impressions it does feels easier than using Git from the command line but is it, and why is that so? Thanks for any help.

Git via a GUI seems easier, because it is easier. If you're working with Git via the CLI, all you have in front of you is an empty command prompt. To do anything, you already need to know which commands exist, how they're used and how the usage syntax works. You need to know the command names, the command's specific options, some commands even have subcommands, these subcommands then also have specific options, etc. If you don't know these things beforehand then it's gonna be really difficult doing anything on the CLI. On the other hand, when working with Git through a GUI, you don't need to remember all of this usage syntax. You have classic interface elements like menus, buttons, input fields, lists, etc. With this, you can kinda "discover" operations that can be done, without prior knowledge of which operations exist. There's no need to remember that the pull command exists; you simply open the "Git" menu, see the "Pull" item and just click on it. All available operations can be found somewhere — you just need to click through the menus. These two different ways of working give the CLI generally a steeper learning curve than the GUI, but it also gives the CLI a higher skill ceiling. Everything you can do via the GUI can also be done on the CLI, but the same is not true the other way around. If a specific GUI doesn't expose an operation, than you you can straight up not use that operation (with that specific GUI). Meanwhile, on the CLI, ALL operations are available to you, you just need to know the name of the command(s). Another downside of GUIs is that it's always different, depending on the editor/IDE. All editors/IDEs implement the VCS integration differently, so for every software, you'll need to re-learn and adjust how to work with it. Granted, that is not a problem if you're only ever working with one editor, but CLI knowledge can pretty much always be used, GUI knowledge not so much. Depending on your typing speed and skills with CLIs & shells in general, it is very likely that after a while you'll be faster on the CLI than you ever were with a GUI. In the end, it's preference what you want to work with. I — personally — pretty much only use the CLI, most of my colleagues work with Android Studio's Git integration, one uses GitHub's desktop app and some work mixed with GUI and CLI. But all of them that primarily use a GUI were required to do some things with the CLI because there just wasn't a way to do something with the GUI.

I'm going to voice dictate this excuse any mistakes I never used git from the command line when I'm coding , I always use IDEs. Vs code has one particularly amazing feature that other ideas don't seem to have It makes it really easy to undo the last commit Technically that also is easy in something like visual studio but it also very easy to mess up your project if you're tired and you do a revert instead of reset.. with vs code you just do a undo last commit This changes my workflow if I'm using vs code instead of vs because in vs when I ready to commit I don't commit.. instead I test out the code first and only one I'm certain that I commit it With vs code I simply commit it and In the rare case that there is a problem with the code then I undo the commit

reddit.com › r/vscode › how to use git and github inside of vs code editor - 2020

r/vscode on Reddit: How to use Git and GitHub inside of VS Code Editor - 2020

November 30, 2020 -

Hello Everyone,

I made a video on How to use Git and GitHub inside of VS Code Editor.

You can check it out over here.

https://youtu.be/fsMtyJZ3A_Q

I hope this will help you.

Thank You

open terminal use command line tools this is the way

While I know command line is the way, the gitlens extension might be my favorite thing of all time

reddit.com › r/webdev › using github and vs code?

r/webdev on Reddit: Using github and VS Code?

May 8, 2024 -

Hey everyone!

I know i’m going to sound pretty stupid for this but i’ve looked all over youtube and all of the videos are from years ago or don’t really explain it well in my opinion. Can someone here explain to me in the most basic terms how to use github and vs code together so that i’m able to access my code from both my laptop and desktop

update: thank you so much everyone! i was able to figure it out

Step by step tutorials: https://vscode.github.com/

Doesn't vscode come with git support out of the box? You can install gitlens and some other git extensions for additional features. You may only need the default features for what you are trying to accomplish. Set up everything. Create a github repository and they will provide a set of terminal commands which you need to copy paste in the terminal while in the current directory of the project. After that just open that project in vscode and you should be done. OR You can also do this in vscode itself without needing to type the commands in the terminal. You can initialize the repository, add a branch and then add remote in vscode. Now you can add, commit, push and pull. You have to do this for both your laptop and desktop if you want to access the code in both devices. Pull every time you switch your workspace (lap / desktop) to stay updated on changes made, add your new changes, commit, push and repeat.

reddit.com › r/vscode › do you use a git gui alongside vscode?

r/vscode on Reddit: Do you use a Git GUI alongside VSCode?

February 24, 2025 -

For those using VSCode, do you rely on its built-in Git features, use the terminal, or prefer a separate Git GUI?

If you use a GUI, which one do you recommend and why?

Terminal + lazygit

reddit.com › r/learnprogramming › using github with vs code

r/learnprogramming on Reddit: Using Github with VS Code

March 21, 2024 -

I'm sorry if these are silly questions but I've been pulling my hair out and trying to find solutions online with no luck.

So let me just preface by saying I don't know a lot about Git and Github. I've read up on them so theoretically I think I get what they are. Git hub is a version control file repository website/server(?) where you can store your code and changes you make to it. You can also use it to collaborate.

Git is version control system which comes with a command line language (?)and can be used with many version control systems including Github. So now, I have an account with Github and I do my coding in VS Code. I have a project I was working on and every time I changed something significant I would go to source control and commit changes to the repository on my git hub. I am able to access all these versions when using vs code, however when I log in to my git hub account using a web browser. I have all the repositories I have made bu t they don't contain anything, they are empty.

I don't really get how to have these files that are on my workstation to be automatically linked with Git. My goal is to have some kind of portfolio to showcase some of the projects I've been working on. But I seem to be missing some basic or fundamental knowledge for me to use Git Hub in this way.

Please help me

Edit: Made my description for Git clearer(?) lol...idek if I did that

Edit2: Solved! Thanks !

Are you pushing your commits?

Connecting VS Code to GitHub involves two main steps: Installing Git: VS Code has built-in Git integration, but you'll need Git installed on your computer to interact with GitHub. If you don't have Git, VS Code will prompt you to install it during the setup process. Connecting to your GitHub account: Once Git is installed, you can sign in to VS Code with your GitHub account. This enables features like cloning repositories directly from GitHub, pushing your changes to remote repositories, and managing pull requests and issues from within VS Code. You can sign in through the Accounts menu in the lower right corner of the Activity bar. Here are some additional resources that you might find helpful: Collaborate on GitHub with VS Code: https://vscode.github.com/ Introduction to Git in VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/sourcecontrol/overview

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reddit.com › r/git › trying to set up git in visual studio code...

r/git on Reddit: Trying to set up git in visual studio code...

July 13, 2019 -

So since I wanted to pull a git repo from gitlab, I installed the visual studio extension github.vscode-pull-request-githubPreview , but I can't get it started as it seems.

They included a small "getting started" guide, and I am stuck on number 6:

6. You may need to configure the githubPullRequests.remotes setting, by default the extension will look for PRs for origin and upstream. If you have different remotes, add them to the remotes list.

Now, I don't know where any of these are or what exactly is meant by

githubPullRequests.remotes setting
PRs
origin
upstream
remotes
remotes list

It's not that I don't understand english, but most of these words could have a billion meanings, and in this context about a million. Like, PR could be literally anything that starts with a P and got an R in it. Origin could be a branch name, but then again, I never heard of a branch called upstream.

WHY DO PEOPLE NOT DEFINE STUFF THEY SAY IF IT IS EVEN REMOTELY HARD TO UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU PROGRAMMED THAT ******* THING YOURSELF

Sorry, ranting a little.

Would be glad if anyone could help me with this!

Judging by the name of that extension it seems very GitHub specific. Are you sure it will work with a GitLab repo? Personally I'd recommend learning command line git to start with.

Most of those terms are pretty narrowly defined in the world of git. I think a good tutorial on understanding git itself might help? I'm still learning though.

reddit.com › r/azure › a beginner's guide to visual studio code and git

r/AZURE on Reddit: A Beginner's Guide to Visual Studio Code and Git

March 4, 2021 -

Hey guys,

I just wrote a shiny new Azure blog post you may enjoy on the ATA blog.

"A Beginner's Guide to Visual Studio Code and Git"

Summary: Learn how to edit code, create snippets and work with Visual Studio Code’s Git feature to commit code to a Git repo in this example-driven tutorial!

https://adamtheautomator.com/visual-studio-code-git/

First paragraph “it’s” error... but the rest of the article is good! Nice getting started article.

Thanks! I definitely need to check this out

reddit.com › r/vscode › should i use vs code or vim as git's default editor

r/vscode on Reddit: Should I use VS code or Vim as Git's default editor

January 20, 2024 - I'm still using the excellent ...=mhutchie.git-graph. ... Unless you either know the keybindings for vim, or really, really dislike using a mouse, I would go with vscode, less upfront "learning the editor" ... Use the editor you prefer. Because Vim is ancient technology from early 80s with a lot of usability problems, most developers prefer Visual Studio Code ...

reddit.com › r/vscode › do i need github desktop if i use git in vs code?

r/vscode on Reddit: Do I need Github desktop if I use git in VS code?

November 11, 2023 -

Hello.

I am new to all this. I have been using VS code for more than one year. I recently installed git, and then github desktop.

My primary target is to have a versioned history of my code files that I edit using VS code. Syncing with github is secondary option.

A few hours ago, I realised that using git in VS code, I can sync my file to the github. But I am not sure (I cant remember) how I told this VS code/git. I have several repos on github, and using github desktop I have cloned only one repo to my computer.

So my question is, if I uninstall github desktop, would I be able to sync my local files to my github repo? And would I be able to sync other repos without using github desktop?

Also, can someone please explain how did the VS code/git (and I) synced/connectd the local file to the github repo?

I tried to find this information/answers to the questions online but I did not find anything. I read the help pages by Microsoft, github, watched a lot of youtube videos, but nothing explained these questions.

Thanks a lot in advance.

No, you don’t need the GitHub desktop app. Git works without GitHub and such. Git to GitHub is the same as porn to pornhub. Both the gh desktop app and vscode git know about the changes because there’s a .git folder where you initialized your repository. That folder contains all sorts of information. This way vscode and git both know about the where’s and what’s.

Your git repo contains a .git directory and in it all the details as to where it was cloned from etc. On top of that git is essentially a command line application with which you can do everything. Apps like GitHub desktop etc are built on top of it but with added functionality which you don't need to make git work. In VS Code, on the sidebar there is a git tab (second option?) which you can use. Personally, I recommend all devs use git from the terminal/command line and only the GUI tools when needed or once they understand how to use git beyond commit, push and pull.

reddit.com › r/vscode › good git gui extension?

r/vscode on Reddit: Good git GUI extension?

July 9, 2024 -

Hello, I just wanted a git GUI extension as I personally understand it more visually, and I would prefer it more integrated into VS Code

I use Git Graph Git Graph - Visual Studio Marketplace

GitLens (from GitKraken ) is of course the best, but some features are paid

reddit.com › r/git › differences between using git bash vs vs code git?

r/git on Reddit: Differences between using Git Bash vs VS Code Git?

November 4, 2024 -

Is there a reason you would use VS Code Git rather than Git Bash? To me, I see VS Code as versatile rather than understanding why it's versatile. Is there a benefit to using VS Code rather than Git Bash?

They are both just git Straightforward clones, commits and syncs, or exploration of the graph, the VS Code GUI is quite nice for OTOH any time I want to do anything mildly non-standard the CLI is usually easier (but maybe that’s just me)

personally I like the ease of ide but when things go wrong or weird I find myself going back to the command line to diagnose the problem. essentially remove the variables from the problem.

reddit.com › r/webdev › git in vs code?

r/webdev on Reddit: Git in VS Code?

January 18, 2018 -

I have git installed but in VS Code when I click on the version control it tells me none found, it doesn't show the logo of git as it should or anything, what should I do?

You need to be in a folder that has a git repo setup.

Did you do a git init in the folder you are working out of?

reddit.com › r/vscode › what's the best way to setup vscode with my github? is the idea to have all my code local and then periodically push it to github? sorry, very beginner question

r/vscode on Reddit: What's the best way to setup VSCode with my GitHub? Is the idea to have all my code local and then periodically push it to GitHub? Sorry, very beginner question

February 8, 2024 -

So I just have a bunch of bash and Powershell scripts that I store on my Google Drive. I usually edit these in VSCode, but thought I should start getting familiar with Git and GitHub.

I have git installed, but am not 100% sure on how GitHub fits in. My understanding is that I have my code local (or on my Google Drive, is that OK?) and then 'link' my GitHub account in VSCode so I can push to it. Is that the general workflow?

Or should I just be using GitHub to store all my files?

Again, apologies for the newbie question.

You can use GitHub (any source control for that matter) to not only store your files but also track all your work. In the simplest form you would work on your scripts and once you have accomplished something you commit and push your work. So now you have a copy of your latest work locally and also on the cloud. To keep things simple you can just push to the main branch and you have a record of every change you have made since the inception of the git repository. VSCode has great git functionality out of the box. I would recommend getting the git graph extension as well: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mhutchie.git-graph

You have all code local, yea. All the changes you make should be pushed as regularly as possible. I push about once per hour. I'd recommend to push at least daily.

reddit.com › r/git › how can i use git on vscode?

r/git on Reddit: How can i use git on VSCode?

August 5, 2026 -

I am going to train an AI model for some personal purposes, and i needed to install git to use this command, but it doesnt work, cuz git isnt located by VSCode (it is installed but i couldnt get it into a repo)

git clone https://github.com/unslothai/notebooks

If you don't know how to install git or how to use it, and the question you ask isn't really the question you want to be asking... I am not 100% sure you should be trying to train an AI model to do things, especially doing stuff with a repo. You'll end up like that guy a few weeks ago that "somehow" deleted their whole Github account.

For windows, install git with this command Winget install git.git

reddit.com › r/vscode › what is your favorite git extension for vscode so far?

r/vscode on Reddit: What is your favorite git extension for vscode so far?

October 29, 2024 -

As for me, it is vscode-gitlens.

Git Graph, it makes visualizing branches and merges so much easier

lazygit is goated for me as a keyboard-only enjoyer, although not a vscode extension. So I wrote my own vscode integration (because existing ones didn't work for me).

reddit.com › r/vscode › vs beginner: having trouble setting up vs code as a git editor

r/vscode on Reddit: VS Beginner: Having trouble setting up VS code as a git editor

May 30, 2020 -

I recently finished my first project in VS code and I'm trying to figure out how to post it to a github repository directly from visual studio. I tried following a tutorial but I couldn't commit the code because my name and email weren't configured. How do I configure them within visual studio?

You might get better results in r/git .

This isn't really a VS Code issue, but a learning Git issue, this should help with that: https://www.udemy.com/course/git-started-with-github/

And once you've wrapped your head around that, then you can learn how VS Code's built-in Git integration works: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/github