getting-started-with-source-control-vspackages.md

title	Getting Started with Source Control VSPackages
description	Learn about source-control VSPackages in Visual Studio and how they are a more advanced alternative to source control plug-ins.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	get-started
helpviewer_keywords	source control packages, getting started getting started, source control packages
author	tinaschrepfer
ms.author	tinali
ms.subservice	extensibility-integration

Get started with source control VSPackages

A source-control VSPackage is a more advanced alternative to the source control plug-in. For more information about source control plug-ins, see Create a source control plug-in. A source-control VSPackage enables complete control over the source control model, features, and user interface (UI), and it integrates into the Visual Studio environment as a VSPackage.

In this section

Determine whether to implement a source control VSPackage

Explains the choices for source control solutions and provides broad guidelines for choosing an appropriate integration path.

Related sections

• What's new in source control

  Describes new features using VSPackages with source control.

• Create a source control VSPackage

  Discusses how to create a source control VSPackage that not only supplies source control functionality but can be used to customize the Visual Studio source control UI.