Not working on VS CODE

[drgabrielmarin-hue]

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Bug

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Im trying but the GIT HUB is not getting connect with my VS CODE.

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[tahleho3968]

Sorry you're hitting this — a few quick checks usually pin it down. "GitHub not connecting in VS Code" almost always means one of these:

1. You aren't signed in inside VS Code. Click the Accounts icon (person silhouette, bottom-left activity bar) → Sign in with GitHub. If a browser flow opens, complete it there — VS Code picks it up automatically.
2. Git isn't installed or not in PATH. VS Code shells out to the git binary. Run git --version in the VS Code terminal (Ctrl+`). If it errors, install Git and restart VS Code.
3. You're opening a local repo, not "connecting" to GitHub. To fetch a repo: Ctrl+Shift+P → Git: Clone → paste the repo URL. Or install the GitHub Repositories extension to browse and open repos without cloning.
4. Network/proxy blockers. Corporate VPNs or proxies can silently break the browser-based sign-in. Try a normal network, or sign out (Accounts icon → Sign out) and sign back in.

If you meant connecting to a Codespaces environment specifically: install the GitHub Codespaces extension, open the Remote Explorer or the Codespaces status-bar icon, choose Connect to Codespace, and make sure a pop-up blocker isn't stopping the sign-in.

The most useful thing you can add to this thread is the exact error text VS Code shows (e.g. "The request to sign in was denied", "Authentication failed", or an HTTP code) — that tells us which of the above is failing.