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

Question

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

Thanks guys.

Answer 1

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...

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.