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

In effect, Visual Studio can become the primary interface for Git, for developers. “I can connect, clone a repository, and open the project in Visual Studio, edit files, and commit,” Harry said.

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.

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it is adding git support to TFS and Visual Studio, putting the distributed version control system on an equal footing with its current centralized system. In so ...