VS2013 permanent CPU usage even though in idle mode
Solution 1:
For me (VS 2013 update 4) the solution was to disable Browser Link as specified here:
https://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/Question/Details/T102322
The CPU slowed down right away from 25 % to 1 %.
Solution 2:
Edit 2: Possible bug regression in Updates 3 & 4.
Edit 1: The bug was fixed in VS2013 Update 2.
One can disable git plug-in from Visual Studio 2013 in this way:
Tools->Options
Source Control: set Current source control plug-in to None
Use other git clients to manage your repositories.