In addition to the GitHub for Windows application itself, it includes a self-contained version of git, the bash command-line shell, and the posh-git extension for PowerShell.

A smart tactic is to disable all extensions by default except for those you are likely to use everywhere (e.g., git extensions), and then selectively enable them for a given project.

A few other free Git clients include Altassian's SourceTree, CollabNet's GitEye or the open source Git Extensions. There are a number of commercial apps as well. [Click on image for larger ...

Third-party updates This is a big month for third-party updates, with Chrome (CVE-2025-655) and patches to Git extensions adding substantial weight to the July release.

Git tool provider GitKraken launched GitLens 12 with support for Visual Studio Code for the Web and github.dev. GitLens is an extension for Git that can be used in various IDEs, and according to ...

GitHub has announced a new plugin to make it easier for Unity game developers to access Git and GitHub without leaving Unity. With the GitHub for Unity extension, which will be made available in ...

Git Extensions includes an extension for Visual Studio versions going back to 2005. There's also the Visual Studio Tools for Git extension created by the Team Foundation Server (TFS) Power Tools Team ...