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I've been using Visual Studio Online for some time with a TFS-style repository. &nbsp;I've started a new job and am creating a new repository for our small time and want to use git for the first time. &nbsp;I'm really struggling with importing existing projects to this git style repository and then sharing it with team members. Are there any primers out there for users like myself getting to grips with git in a visual studio environment?<br />
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In case it's relevant, we are using VS 2015.
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I've been using Visual Studio Online for some time with a TFS-style repository.  I've started a new job and am creating a new repository for our small time and want to use git for the first time.  I'm really struggling with importing existing projects to this git style repository and then sharing it with team members. Are there any primers out there for users like myself getting to grips with git in a visual studio environment?

In case it's relevant, we are using VS 2015.

Starting to use Git with Visual  Studio Online

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Microsoft Visual Studio

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