Download GitHub Extension for Visual Studio anyway.
When you install Visual Studio, select the option to Customize the install and be sure to check the GitHub Extension for Visual Studio check box. It's that easy.
Did you already install Visual Studio without adding the extension? No worries, download it now.
Once you install the extension, you can log into your GitHub.com or GitHub Enterprise account in Visual Studio with full support for two-factor authentication. There is no need to use personal API tokens.
Once connected, it's quick to clone repositories from your account or any organization you belong to.
Click the clone button to bring up a dialog that shows all the repositories you have access to. Use the filter textbox to quickly find the repository you're interested in.
Need a new repository on GitHub? No problem! The create dialog makes it easy to create a repository on GitHub and clone it to Visual Studio all in one step.
Already have a project on your machine? Well what are you waiting for? Publish it to GitHub and start collaborating with others.
In the Team Explorer window, click on the Sync tab to get to the Publish to GitHub dialog.
View all of the Pull Requests for your project in the GitHub pane, and sort and filter them by Open/Closed state, Assignee and Author.
Open the GitHub pane by typing GitHub into Visual Studio Quick Launch (Ctrl+Q).
Turn a branch into a Pull Request directly from Visual Studio.
In the GitHub pane, click the Create New link to create a new Pull Request on GitHub.
Create gists and upload them to GitHub directly from Visual Studio.
Simply select the code to upload and select Create Gist from the GitHub context menu.
