Git in Visual Studio Code With Git and GitHub everywhere at Microsoft, it’s also built into Microsoft’s developer tools and into how developers build apps on Windows and for Azure.

The analysis shows two exact matches for a code clone. Moving the mouse over each line will show the matching code in a pop-up window. Double-click a line to open the file in Visual Studio. Opening ...

Cloning from GitHub basically requires you to get a web address to feed into the Git client. For this example, we're going to clone the Microsoft Visual Studio Code repo.

If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

Visual Studio Code, the popular development text editor and IDE, has rolled out its big July 2025 release. The v1.103 update adds new Git and terminal integrations, better language support, and more.