GitHub Extension In Visual Studio 2017

To log off your GitHub account from Visual Studio.

What're the main GitHub Extension functionalities?

In this section, we will explain the main functionalities of the Github Extension.



Changes

To track and publish the local repository changes.

Branch

A branch is a parallel version of a repository. It is contained within the repository but does not affect the primary or master branch allowing you to work freely without disrupting the "live" version. When you've made the changes you want to make, you can merge your branch back into the master branch to publish your changes.

Issue

Issues are suggested improvements, tasks or questions related to the repository. Issues can be created by anyone (for public repositories), and are moderated by repository collaborators. Each issue contains its own discussion forum, can be labeled and assigned to a user.

Pull Request

Pull requests are proposed changes to a repository submitted by a user and accepted or rejected by a repository's collaborators.

Note

A collaborator is a person with reading and writes access to a repository who has been invited to contribute by the repository owner.

Pulse

Show Statistics of the merged and proposed Pull requests and the closed and new issue.

Graphs

Show Statistics of Contributors, Traffic, commits ....etc.

Wiki

Wikis provide a place in your repository to lay out the roadmap of your project, show the current status, and document software better, together.

Fetch

Fetching refers to getting the latest changes from an online repository without merging them in. Once these changes are fetched you can compare them to your local branches (the code residing on your local machine).

Pull

Pull refers to when you are fetching in changes and merging them. For instance, if someone has edited the remote file you're both working on, you'll want to pull in those changes to your local copy so that it's up to date.

Commit

A commit, or "revision", is an individual change to a file (or set of files). It's like when you save a file, except with Git, every time you save it creates a unique ID that allows you to keep a record of what changes were made when and by who. Commits usually contain a commit message which is a brief description of what changes were made.

Sync

To Share your changes with the Server.

Push

Pushing refers to sending your committed changes to a remote repository, such as a repository hosted on GitHub. For instance, if you change something locally, you'd want to then push those changes so that others may access them.

How do we add a new solution to GitHub?

To add a new solution to a local Git Repository, you should do the following,

• Connect to the GitHub Extension.
• At the local Git Repositories section, Select your Repository > Righ Click > Open.
• At the Solutions Section, Click on New to add a new solution.
• Select your solution template > Provide the solution name and path > Create.
• Once the solution is created, it should be shown in Solution section.

To push the solution to Online GitHub, you should do the following,

• Click on Changes to list all new changes on Local Git Repository
• Provide a new comment that describes the new changes.
• Click on CommitAll button.
• Click on Sync to share your changes to the server.
• In outgoing commit, Click on Push to push your new solution to the GitHub Online Repository.

The new update of Visual Studio should solve this issue, as a temporary solution change the path of your Local Repository that will solve the issue.If you still face the issue check,

• Git failed with a fatal error: unable to access 'https://git.developernote.com/examples/': SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate
• Unable to clone Git repository due to self signed certificate

This feature is not available in GitHub extension, it's available in the GitHub Web site, at the same time it is not available in the free plan it requires additional fees.

To make a Public Repository to Private Repository, you should do the following,

This feature is not available in GitHub extension, it's available in the GitHub Web site.

Note

Once you delete a repository, there is no going back. Please be certain.

To delete your repository, you should do the following,

Conclusion

In this article, we have explored the information regarding GitHub Extension for Visual Studio 2017.

See Also

• Dive into Visual Studio 2017.
• Visual Studio 2017: New Installation Experience