Understand Git and GitHub basics — GitHub Foundations

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Microsoft — Create a pull request in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn

Pull requests are an essential tool in GitHub and Azure DevOps for code review. These reviews help catch issues in new features
Microsoft — Make a Git commit in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn

Modified files : These files have changes since your last commit, but you haven't yet staged them for the next commit.
Microsoft — git fetch, pull, push, & sync - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Learn

If you see any, pull first to prevent any upstream merge conflicts.
Microsoft — Create a Git repo or work remotely with a provider - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Learn

you can use the .gitignore template option to specify any intentionally untracked files that you want Git to ignore
Microsoft — Stage Lines of Code in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn

Line staging can also be helpful when you want to split changes across different commits.
Microsoft — Tutorial Step 6: Work With Git in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn

Your new repository is private by default, which means you're the only one who can access it
Microsoft — Clone a repo in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn

an Authorize Visual Studio notice appears. Choose the options you want, and then select Authorize github . Next, you'll see an authorization confirmation window. Enter
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objects representing core Git concepts: blobs (files) trees (folders) commits refs (branches, lightweight tags)