Notes on how to upload an existing local repository to a remote repository on Azure DevOps, source control from Visual Studio

The process of adding an existing project to Git source control on Azure.DevOps is different for VS 2017 and 2019

Visual Studio 2017

The reference is a nice article on exactly how to do this.

Note, however:

1. On local project, right click the solution, and select "Add solution to source control..."
2. Go to Branches on Team Explorer and show local master branch
3. Create project on Azure, click Repos when the project is created.
4. Copy the Url for "Clone this repository"
5. Locally click on Synchronisation and select "publish on Repote repository"
6. paste the url into the text box
7. Click publish

Now check online to ensure everything has been successfully published.

Use branches as usual now

NB!  After doing this, close Visual studio and the local repo.  Restart VS and then on Team Explorer, go into "Manage Connections" and actully connect to your new project.  

When I did this VS seemed to loose its workspace, closing it loads everything back as it should be.  This then requires you to attach to your new project repo.

Visual Studio 2019

Create a  empty repository on the desired Git Servers: Azure.DevOps

Now within the repo in Visual Studio, right click on the solution and select the Create Git Repository".  This is only required if the project isn;t already set up as a git repo.

Switch to Team Explorer and select “Sync” which will display the various repositories available to publish the project to:  it’s now a local git repository.

Chose which repository to use, we’ll use Azure DevOps, but equally GitHub or a custom repo is acceptable.

Click on Publish Git Repo, under “Push to Azure DevOps Services”

Respond to any requests to login, using your preferred account and password to access the service.

This has automatically chosen my azure.devops account and preselected an Organisation.

Switch to the appropriate organisation, and then click advanced link to allow a project to be specified.

Click on Publish Repository and you should get the following to indicate a successful push and creation of the project to the Git Service

Switch to your Git Service, here it’s Azure.DevOps, to view the files in the repo:

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