Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0 git changes include “storage.ide” even though .vs/ in .gitignore

To fix this, if you got to the Team Explorer tab and click on the Manage Connections button (the green one a the top) you will see a list of local Git Repositories. Right click on the repository you want to stop tracking the storage.ide file on and select Open Command Prompt. You should then … Read more

Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 Team Explorer Missing ‘Exclude’

Visual Studio now follows the Git terminology instead of the TFS source control Include/Exclude. In Git your changes are un-staged by default. From now on that’s the case in VS too, and you can right click on the files you want to gather for the next commit and select “Stage”. Once you staged some files, … Read more

How can I refresh the list of remote branches in my Visual Studio 2017 Team Explorer panel?

If you want Visual Studio 2017 to ALWAYS prune on fetch (I do, I add and remove a LOT of branches for UI work), once you install 3rd party Git (can do from Settings within Team Explorer, Git section) there will be a new option in Global Settings (also in Git section) to ‘Prune remote … Read more

Remove git mapping in Visual Studio 2015

The solution is much simpler than that. You simply need to remove three files from the project UNC Path. Navigate to your solution’s UNC Path. Example: C:\Users\Your User Name\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\Your Project Folder Then permanently delete (“SHIFT + DEL”) the .git* files and folder. There are two files and one folder, which may be hidden … Read more