To access Cloud Source Repositories, select
Team > Manage Connections.
A list of your repositories displays in the Team Explorer.
For first-time users, this list will be empty until you clone a repository.
Create or clone a repository
In Team Explorer, you can click the Clone or Create link to open the
Clone Google Cloud Source repository dialog and create a new repository or
clone an existing one to your local machine.
To create a new repository:
Click the Clone or Create link.
Select a Google Cloud project in the Project drop-down menu.
Click Add new.
The Add a new repository dialog displays.
Enter a Repository Name.
Click OK.
To clone an existing repository:
Click the Clone or Create link.
Select a Google Cloud project in the Project drop-down menu.
Select a repository in the Repository drop-down menu.
Enter the location where you want to clone the source code to in the
Clone to field.
Or, you can click Browse to open the file explorer and navigate to the
location.
Click Clone.
Your source code is now in the specified location, and the cloned repository
displays in Team Explorer.
Performing Git tasks
You can perform all git tasks from within Visual Studio. For more information
on these tasks, refer to the
Git reference guide.
You can also execute these git commands from a shell.
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