Using Visual Studio Code as an alternative for Git-GUI

If you often commit and sync from the old Git GUI, you might enjoy using Visual Studio Code instead. The user interface is more modern, and it provides version control support directly in your code editor. Also, Visual Studio Code's (VSC) Git support seems to steadily improve.

Once you open a folder in VSC that contains a Git repository, Visual Studio Code detects it automatically. You'll see a Source Control icon in the sidebar. From there you can:

• Stage and unstage files.
• Write commit messages and commit changes.
• View diffs (differences between file versions) inline.
• Sync with remote repositories like GitHub (fetch, pull, push).

Some useful keyboard shortcut examples:

Ctrl+Shift+G                                        // Open Source Control view
Ctrl+Enter                                          // Commit
Ctrl+Shift+P (or F1), then search for "Git: Push"   // Push to remote

Visual Studio Code also supports extensions such as GitLens, which visualize blame (annotation) information and commit history. For everyday work, it replaces Git-GUI easily and keeps you in the same editor you use for coding.

Happier versioning!