Visual Studio 2022 is not aware of updates on GitHub

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Visual Studio 2022 is not aware of updates on GitHub

Josef Szeliga 20

Hi,

I have a project in VS2022 setup both at home and at work.

At the end of the working day, I will update the git hub repository with my changes.

When I get home, I open the same project in VS2022.

Neither the "Git changes" nor the "git repositories" windows show that I need to pull down new changes.

Yet I am certain that these changes exist and can see them on GitHub web site.

I can see previous changes in VS using "git repositories" view.

Things I have done.

Close and restart VS

Refresh the "Git Repository" window.

Check that I am on the correct branch (main)

Confirmed GitHub url's are identical for the solution at home and work.

In the end I opened the VS2022 developer console and ran the following command ""git pull origin main". Straight away the changes updated my local work files.

Why isn't my home VS2022 "git change" and "git repository" views being updated by github changes?

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,446 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-08-04T09:49:06.8666667+00:00

Hi @Josef Szeliga,

May I know if you restart VS, will the Git Repository or Git Changes window be refreshed?
Josef Szeliga 20 Reputation points

2023-08-18T02:40:47.09+00:00

No, it does not. Even if your run Git Status in the command window it will not know if there have been changes made to the remote repository. You just need to keep doing Fetch and Pull commands just in case there have been changes.

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,446 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-08-04T09:49:06.8666667+00:00

Hi @Josef Szeliga,

May I know if you restart VS, will the Git Repository or Git Changes window be refreshed?
Josef Szeliga 20 Reputation points

2023-08-18T02:40:47.09+00:00

No, it does not. Even if your run Git Status in the command window it will not know if there have been changes made to the remote repository. You just need to keep doing Fetch and Pull commands just in case there have been changes.

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,446 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Josef Szeliga ,

If you mean "auto fetch"(periodically check GitHub), I’m afraid, Visual Studio currently doesn’t support this feature.

Please kindly upvote this ticket: Add automatic git fetch like supported in VS Code, follow up and wait for the latest information there.

Currently, you may try to use some extension instead, just for example: GitAutoFetch.

Thanks for your understanding and thanks for helping us make Visual Studio better.

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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Josef Szeliga 20 Reputation points

2023-08-18T02:44:59.51+00:00

Yes, that is what i meant. Even the command "git status" will not detect changes in the github repository. You have to regularly run "git fetch" or "get pull" just in case there were any changes on GitHub.

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S.Sengupta 24,636 MVP

If you suspect that the remote repository has changes that are not reflected in your local repository, try pulling the latest changes from the GitHub repository using the following command:

git pull origin <branch_name>

Replace <branch_name> with the name of the branch you want to update.

Ensure that you are using the latest version of Visual Studio. Sometimes, issues are fixed in newer updates.

If you have any Git-related extensions installed, try disabling them temporarily to see if they are causing the issue.

Josef Szeliga 20 Reputation points

2023-08-01T00:44:43.9033333+00:00

Yes that works. But the commands worked before. It's the Visual Studio Git integrations that isn't working. VS Git Repository shows 2 files to download but Pull and Push operation do nothing. The output window shows the command but hangs. Could it be VS isn't authenticated to connect to github ?
Josef Szeliga 20 Reputation points

2023-08-02T22:41:56.1066667+00:00

Using "git pull origin main" works but has always worked. It's the embedded VS2022 git and git hub functionality in the menu item's "View" and "git". They only show GitHub repository with changes they made. My work PC can only see GitHub changes on the remote repository that were made by my work PC . While my home PC can only see GitHub changes on the remote repository made by my home PC. Only after I perform a "Pull" from the Developer Command prompt window on each machine does the "Git repositories" finally show the other machine's changes.
Josef Szeliga 20 Reputation points

2023-08-06T23:17:29.96+00:00

Yes, that command always works. But why wouldn't VS get notified of changes and display them in visual studio IDE. Even the refresh doesn't pick up changes in github, nor restarting VS.
Josef Szeliga 20 Reputation points

2023-08-18T02:42:35.15+00:00

Yes that works , but if you do a "git status" it doesn't check the remote repository for changes. You have to do a git fetch or git pull before it detects changes on the git hub repository.

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