#VSCode – Let’s do some #Git dev in #RaspberryPi (GitHub and Azure DevOps!)

Hi!

In my previous posts I wrote about how to prepare a developer station with a Raspverry Pi 4. I wrote on how to install Visual Studio Code, how to install .Net Core and how to build and run C# projects. Of course, the next step is to work with Git.

The command to install git is

sudo
apt-get install git

However, I already have Git installed. I haven’t checked, but it seems to me that the latest Raspbian distro includes by default git. I was hoping that VSCode will recognize and use this, but in order to work with Git in VSCode I need some extra work in the IDE settings.

I was able to clone some repositories from GitHub and Azure DevOps, directly from bach

So, let’s fix Visual Studio Code and Git integration. This one is very easy, I just need to go to Settings, search for Git and define the Git path for VSCode.

In order to find the git path, we need to use the [which] command

pi@rpidev3:~ $ which git

/usr/bin/git 

My got location is [/usr/bin/git].

I’m not a command line dude! I like User Interfaces, so now it’s time to open one of the cloned repositories in Visual Studio Code. I can see that VSCode recognices Git and I can start to commit my files.

This is also a perfect moment to define Git user name and user email.

git config --global user.email "email@email.com" 
git config --global user.name "your name"

I like to do this in the Terminal in VSCode, just to check all is working fine.

My posts on Raspberry Pi

Dev posts for Raspberry Pi

• How to grant permissions to a folder after git clone, to perform dotnet restore on a Raspberry Pi
• How to install .Net Core 3.1 in a Raspberry Pi 4
• Installing Visual Studio Code in a Raspberry Pi 4, run as root, fix black screen
• How to install .Net Core in a Raspberry Pi 4 and test with Hello World
• Build and Run C# NetCore projects in a Raspberry Pi 4 with Visual Studio Code
• Let’s do some Git dev in Raspberry Pi 4 (GitHub and Azure DevOps!)
• Install OpenCV
• Install Python Virtual Environments in Raspberry Pi

Tools and Apps for Raspberry Pi

• Where is my Task Manager in RaspberryPi? Let’s try htop
• Multi-monitor in Raspberry Pi 4 rocks !
• Double Commander on RaspberryPi4, because files are important
• How to install Docker in a Raspberry Pi 4
• Installing Visual Studio Code in a Raspberry Pi
• Installing Visual Studio Code in a Raspberry Pi, run as root, fix black screen (Updated)
• 6 commands to install OpenCV for Python in a Raspberry Pi 4

Setup the device

• 1st Setup without monitor: auto connect to WiFi, enable SSH, update and more
• Setup without monitor: enable VNC
• How to enable auto start with HDMI safe mode
• Running a Python script in a Python Virtual Environment on reboot / startup

Hardware

• Ice Tower, the best cooler for your device! From 70C to <40C in a 60 minutes process running at 100% in all 4 cores
• Intel Neural Stick 2, Performance differences in Face Recognition using OpenVino