Introduction

• Azure Repos is a set of version control tools that provide version control for source code management
• It allows developers to collaborate on code changes, track history, and manage branches effectively
• Azure Repos provides two types of version control:
  • Git: distributed version control
  • Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC): centralized version control
• See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos/get-started/what-is-repos

Overview

Prerequisites for creating repository

• Organization: create-new-organization if organization does not exist
• Project:
  • See: adding-project-to-organization
  • By default a repository will be created when creating new project (repository name is same as project name)
  • The project is a top level container that can hold one or more repositories

Create repository in portal

• Click “Repos”
• Click dropdown icon on top navigation breadcrumb
• New Repository

Create repository from Visual Studio

• Login to Visual Studio with same credential as Azure DevOps, so that Visual studio can manage DevOps on behalf of you
• Create new Visual Studio project
• File > Add to source control
• Team Explorer > Manage Connections (plug icon at top) > Double click on newly created project
• Click ‘Sync’
• Push to Azure DevOps Services > Publish Git Repo
• Set Organization, Project (click advanced to see) > Repository name
• Publish repository

Deleting repository

• Select organization > Select Project
• Left panel (bottom) > Project setting
• Scroll to bottom > Repositories
• Repository list item (on right side, tripple dots as more options) > delete