
Next, to demonstrate the integration of ASP.NET MVC with GitHub, create a MVC project by clicking the Create button. Figure 5 shows the repository I have already created.įigure 5: Local Repository in Visual Studio Now, let’s create a GitHub repository by selecting the Create button on the Team Explorer tab in Visual Studio. Once created, use the credentials to log in to your GitHub account from Visual Studio Team explorer (see Figure 4).įigure 4: account and repository Create it and then come back to this point. I already had an account, so I’m not creating that. Next, you have to create a GitHub account If you do not have an account on. Download and install the extension then, restart Visual Studio.įigure 1: Visual Studio Extension and Updateįigure 2: Download and Install GitHub ExtensionĪccept the license agreement, as shown in Figure 3, and click Install. To install the extension in Visual Studio, select Tools -> Extensions and Updates this opens the window shown in Figures 1 and 2. To check in your MVC Project code changes, you need the Git extension for Visual Studio. The preceding GitHub setup should work with Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio 2017.

Git was started by Linus Trovalds (Founder of Linux) of in 2005 recently, Microsoft has acquired it. Git is the most popular open-source, Cloud-based version control system.
