The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.

It's not a version control free-for-all: You have to choose which VCS you're going to use, though it's set up on a project-by-project basis. As Visual Studio ALM MVP Esteban Garcia explained on the ...

GitHub Copilot is an OpenAI-powered Visual Studio Code extension that can suggest lines of code or entire functions as you type.

You can go to the Extension tab in Visual Studio or VS Code, look for GitHub Copilot, and remove it. Then, from the Extensions tab itself, add the extension, and check if the issue persists.

Visual Studio Code, the popular development text editor and IDE, has rolled out its big July 2025 release. The v1.103 update adds new Git and terminal integrations, better language support, and more.

Microsoft embraces git with new TFS support, Visual Studio integration The distributed version control system gets native, built-in support.

The Git Experience is available as the default source control experience in Visual Studio 2019 as of version 16.8.