Visual Studio 2013 Git tools

Question

I have just installed VS2013 in a machine without internet I would like to use the git provider that comes with it for source control but I need features like exporting change sets that I belive are available with third party tools. I've downloaded GitExtensions but it comes with its own git implementation. So, this is my question: Is there any way I can make GitExtensions to work with VS2013 git provider? or Is there any way of downloading any third party tools that I can download for manualy install in a disconnected machine? I'm new to Git so please, be patient.

Thanks a lot in advance,

Juan Carlos

Answer 1

They're compatible. GitExtensions and the VS2013 Git provider don't communicate with each other, they each read from and write to the .git directory individually, but the way they do so is the same. If you set up (clone or create) your repository using one of them, you can use either of them to do anything with it that you want.