It has inbuilt support for Git as well. This article is a step-by-step guide about Visual Studio Code, briefing about its different channels and how to install and use it properly.

If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

Microsoft open-sourced VS Code several years ago. Since then, VS Code, which can be used with hundreds of languages, supports Git, and runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.