Supported operating systemsFor more information about supported operating systems, go to the following Microsoft website: Supported languages Visual Studio 2012 Update 5 provides updates for the following versions:
Restart requirementYou do not have to restart your computer after you install this package. Updates for other products in the Visual Studio family can be found on the Microsoft download site for Visual Studio.
Git version control is unaffected by this issue. Note This issue applies only to a Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) instance that is hosted on either Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Visual Studio Online. Visual Studio incorrectly treated the new folder as a regular folder instead of a branch until Visual Studio was restarted. In this scenario before Update 5, the branch operation generated an error and was not completed. You perform a new branch operation on another existing branch. You switch Team Projects or servers without closing Visual Studio. You create a new branch from an existing branch. In Source Control Explorer, a branch operation causes an error and is not completed.Ĭonsider the following scenario in Visual Studio 2012 before Update 5: The following issues have been fixed in Visual Studio 2012.5:
