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Disabling Visual Studio Git Provider

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Here's how to disable the package that is responsible for loading the Git source control support in Visual Studio. Use at your own risk!

Create a file called devenv.pkgundef and place it next to devenv.exe in you Visual Studio's Common7\IDE (you'll need elevation for this)
Add the following entries to the file:

[$RootKey$\Packages\{7fe30a77-37f9-4cf2-83dd-96b207028e1b}]
[$RootKey$\SourceControlProviders\{11b8e6d7-c08b-4385-b321-321078cdd1f8}]

Close VS if open, open a Developer command prompt, and type devenv /updateconfiguration
Start VS, and voilla - Git support no more!

To undo, delete the devenv.pkgundef file, and run devenv /updateconfiguration again.

ghost commented May 20, 2018 •

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you have to open command prompt inside the IDE folder where devenv.exe is - not sure if this method still works in practice.

The file and the update config was OK, I just have to see if it did anything, I undeffed about 50 packages the bloat I never need, stuff like team foundation, git, click once publishing, all the other gimmick, so far some of the menus/buttons are still there.

memory-of-a-dream commented Jun 14, 2018

Worked for me but I have to ask. Why is all this lap dance required?
Seriously I want to be able to choose my own repository for source control not have VS shove it down my throat.

CowboyChalo commented Jul 5, 2018

Stoopid arse employee in charge of Git and trying to make name!

DJawna commented Mar 25, 2019

does not seem to work for visual studio 2017, what is the GUID for the git plugin there? or how can i find it out?

salimi-hamza commented Mar 30, 2019

Hello , how I can remove the git using visual studio installer 2017 ?

AndersBillLinden commented May 14, 2019

Does not work for me in vs 2017 enterprise.

joel-anderson commented May 29, 2019

Thank you!
Shamelessly duplicated with modifications here:
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/solutions/587860/view.html

kingsimba commented Jul 1, 2020

For me, in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional"
Rename VssProvider.dll and Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Provider.dll to *.bak will disable Git integration.

TheSnowfield commented Nov 16, 2020

For me, in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional"
Rename VssProvider.dll and Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Provider.dll to *.bak will disable Git integration.

It works for me but Visual Studio thrown an exception while starting. Thanks.

slackingfred commented Oct 3, 2021

Is it safe to simply delete the directory containing the buit-in Git install of Visual Studio?

smaudet commented Sep 12, 2022 •

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Can confirm the dll trick still works as of VS 16.11.4

The undef thing does not seem to function, though...

WillHensel commented Aug 28, 2023

The dll trick is still working on VS 17.7.2

I was also unable to get the undef method working. Thanks @kingsimba.

ixtxi commented Oct 19, 2023 •

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For me the pkgundef method works on VS 17.7.5 but the file should be named as master.pkgundef.

iceman2299 commented Nov 21, 2023 •

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For me, in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional" Rename VssProvider.dll and Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Provider.dll to *.bak will disable Git integration.

sure it works (but mine studio is 2022), but visual studio can not compile anything now, it crashes and restarts. So hate this integration. Now i think only temporary renaming .git folder in project can be useful