Merge pull request #10179 from MicrosoftDocs/main638479551121941112sync_temp

For protected branch, push strategy should use PR and merge to target branch method to work around git push error

Author: learn-build-service-prod[bot]

docs/version-control/git-clone-repository.md

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 title: Clone a repo in Visual Studio
 titleSuffix: ""
 description: Clone a repo in Visual Studio by using the Git Clone Repository option or browse to and then clone an Azure DevOps repo.
-ms.date: 02/28/2023
+ms.date: 04/04/2024
 ms.topic: how-to
 author: ghogen
 ms.author: ghogen
 ms.manager: mijacobs
-
 ms.subservice: general-ide
 ---
 # Clone a Git repository in Visual Studio

docs/version-control/git-manage-repository.md

@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
 title: Manage Git repos in Visual Studio
 titleSuffix: ""
 description: Manage any Git repository in Visual Studio by using the Git Repository window and change your last commit, merge commits (squash), cherry-pick commits, and more.
-ms.date: 11/18/2022
+ms.date: 04/04/2024
 ms.topic: how-to
 author: ghogen
 ms.author: ghogen
 ms.manager: mijacobs
-
 ms.subservice: general-ide
 ---
 # Manage Git repositories in Visual Studio
 
-The **Git Repository** window provides a full-screen Git experience that helps you manage your Git repository and stay up to date with your team's projects. For example, you might need to reset, revert, or cherry-pick commits, or just clean your commit history. The **Git Repository** window is also a great place to visualize and manage your branches.
+The **Git Repository** window provides a full-screen Git experience that helps you manage your Git repository and stay up to date with your team's projects. For example, you might need to reset, revert, or cherry-pick commits, or just clean your commit history. The **Git Repository** window is also a great place to visualize and manage your branches. 
 
 Version control with Visual Studio is easy with Git.  And, you can work remotely with the Git provider of your choice, such as GitHub or Azure DevOps. Or, you can work locally with no provider at all.
 
+## Open the Git Repository window
+
+To open the **Git Repository** window, choose **View** > **Git repository** (or press **Ctrl**+**0**, **Ctrl**+**R**), or press **Ctrl**+**Q** and under **Features**, search for **Git repo**.
+
 ## Change the last commit (amend)
 
 Updating the last commit is called *amending* in Git, and it's a common use case. Sometimes you just need to update your commit message, or you might need to include a last-minute change.
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ You can amend a commit on the command line by using the following command:
 git commit --amend
 ```
 
-The **Git Repository** window makes it easy to update your commit message. Open the commit details of the last commit by double-clicking it, and then select the **Edit** option next to the commit message.
+The **Git Repository** window makes it easy to update your most recent commit message. Open the commit details of the last commit by double-clicking it, and then select the **Edit** option next to the commit message.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/vs-2022/git-repository-edit-commit.png" alt-text="Screenshot of editing a commit message." lightbox="media/vs-2022/git-repository-edit-commit.png":::
 
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ If you need to include code changes to your last commit, you can do that in the
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/vs-2022/git-changes-amend-commit.png" alt-text="Screenshot of amending code changes by using the Git Changes window." lightbox="media/vs-2022/git-changes-amend-commit.png":::
 
-To learn more about amending, see [Git Tools - Rewriting History](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History) on the Git website.
+To learn more about amending, including how to change commit messages other than the most recent one, see [Git Tools - Rewriting History](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History) on the Git website.
 
 ## Merge commits (squash)
 

docs/version-control/git-multi-repository-support.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Work with multiple repositories
 titleSuffix: ""
 description: View, manage, and debug your code across 10 active repos at the same time by using the Git tooling within Visual Studio.
-ms.date: 11/22/2022
+ms.date: 04/04/2024
 ms.topic: conceptual
 author: ghogen
 ms.author: ghogen
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Here's how to create a solution with multiple repositories:
 
    After the project's added, Visual Studio detects and activates the second repo. Then, you can adjust the Project References as necessary.
 
+If you create a new project in an existing solution with other projects that already have local or remote repos, you must initialize the new project with Git [`git init`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-init) before it shows as an additional repo in the solution.
+
 ### Use a folder
 
 If the repositories you want to use are independent of each other and don't need to be part of the same solution, you might want to use a folder to open them.

docs/version-control/git-push-remote.md

@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@
 title: Push to a remote branch in Visual Studio
 titleSuffix: ""
 description: Push your local project directory to a remote in Visual Studio by using GitHub or Azure DevOps for a safe place to store your code in the cloud.
-ms.date: 12/01/2022
+ms.date: 04/04/2024
 ms.topic: how-to
 author: ghogen
 ms.author: ghogen
 ms.manager: mijacobs
-
 ms.subservice: general-ide
 ---
 # Push from Visual Studio to a remote branch
 
 After you've authenticated to GitHub, Visual Studio can improve your GitHub workflow. One of those improvements is the ability to push (also known as publish) a local project directly to GitHub with a single click. The final stage in a simple Git workflow is to push changes to your remote.
 
-A remote is a safe place to store your code in the cloud. It's typically referred to as **origin/main** (or origin/master), where "origin" is the default name for a remote. For more information about this terminology, see the [Git Branching - Remote Branches](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches) page on the Git website.
+A remote is a reference to a Git repository hosted somewhere other than the local computer, called something like **origin/main** (or origin/master), where "origin" is the default name for a remote. For more information about this terminology, see the [Git Branching - Remote Branches](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches) page on the Git website.
 
 While this article references GitHub repositories, you can work remotely with the Git provider of your choice, such as GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ Here's how to push to a remote in Visual Studio.
 
    The "outgoing" text represents the number of commits that haven't yet been pushed to the remote, while the "incoming" text represents the commits that have been fetched but not yet pulled from the remote.
 
-1. To push to your remote, select **Push** button, or select **Push** from the **Git** menu.
+1. To push to your remote, select **Push** button (the up arrow), or select **Push** from the **Git** menu.
 
 ## Related content
 

docs/version-control/git-settings.md

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 title: Git settings in Visual Studio
 titleSuffix: ""
 description: Explore how Visual Studio uses .gitconfig files and Git settings to manage your project and solution preferences, such as your preferred diff and merge tools.
-ms.date: 11/29/2022
+ms.date: 04/04/2024
 ms.topic: conceptual
 author: ghogen
 ms.author: ghogen
 ms.manager: mijacobs
-
 ms.subservice: general-ide
 monikerRange: ">=vs-2019"
 ---