| author | vijayma |
|---|---|
| ms.author | vijayma |
| ms.date | 10/18/2022 |
| ms.topic | include |
| ms.service | azure-devops-repos |
| ms.subservice | azure-devops-repos-git |
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From the Git menu on the menu bar, choose New Branch... to open the Create a new branch window.
:::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/branches.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot of the 'New Branch' option in the Git menu in Visual Studio." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/branches-lrg.png":::
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In the Create a new branch window, enter a descriptive branch name to let others know what work the branch contains. By default, Visual Studio creates your new branch from the current branch. The Checkout branch checkbox automatically switches you to the newly created branch. Select Create.
:::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/new-local-branch.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot of the 'Create a new branch' window in Visual Studio." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/new-local-branch-lrg.png":::
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Add a README.md file to your cloned repo. In Solution Explorer, you can browse the repo contents using Folder View or open Visual Studio solutions in the repo. Git tracks changes made both inside and outside of Visual Studio.
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When you're satisfied with your changes, save them in Git using a commit. In the Git Changes window, enter a message that describes the changes, and then select Commit All. Commit All commits unstaged changes and skips the staging area. You can choose to stage all files before committing by selecting the stage all + (plus) button at the top of the Changes section in the Git Changes window.
:::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/changes.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot of the 'Commit All' button in the 'Git Changes' window in Visual Studio." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/changes-lrg.png":::
Select the commit information link to get further details about the commit.
:::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/commit-created-locally.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot showing the commit information link in Visual Studio." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/commit-created-locally-lrg.png":::
Note
If you have multiple files and you don't want to commit them all, you can right-click each file and choose Stage. When you've staged all the files you'd like to commit, select Commit Staged. Commit Staged replaces Commit All when you manually stage your changes.
:::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/stage-changes.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot of the Stage option in the 'Git Changes' window in Visual Studio 2019." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/stage-changes-lrg.png":::