

While this article references GitHub repositories, you can work remotely with the Git provider of your choice, such as GitHub or Azure DevOps. The core part of any Git workflow is modifying files and committing the changes in those files. Make a Git commit in Visual Studio for Mac The image below illustrates the options provided by Visual Studio for Mac by the Git menu: The sections below will explore how Git can be used for version control in Visual Studio for Mac. This means that there is a central server that contains all the files, but when a repository is checked out from this central source, the entire repository is cloned to the local machine. Git is a distributed version control system that allows teams to work on the same documents simultaneously.

Applies to: Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio
