Quick tip: start visual studio 2015 from git bash without hanging in terminal

Add one alias in your ~/.bashrc file:

alias vs='nohup /c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio\ 14.0/Common7/IDE/devenv.exe $1 < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &'

Better version for vs2017:

alias vs='/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio/2017/Enterprise/Common7/IDE/devenv.exe ${PWD##*/}.sln & disown;'