the title says most of it. I also checked the "Import all existing Eclipse projects after clone finishes". I am starting to learn github. Please help me and make this a pleasent start so I actually keep using it. The repo folder that I had to choose for the repo is not in my eclipse workspace. I thought I don't need to manually import the projects in the repo if I check that checkbox. I use eclipse Mars and EGit.
Edit: I created a new repository before on GitHub. I imported a test project into my repository to play around with it and test stuff. Thats all whats in the repository.
Thats what my GitHub repo looks like on the website:
Apprecciate your help.
Eclipse will only import Eclipse projects. So if you have some plain Java projects (without Eclipse specific meta data) or even just plain folders in your repository, those will not be imported. However, you can import all such non Eclipse artifacts into Eclipse projects by using the "Import -> General" wizard category.
And in case your projects are Eclipse projects, you can re-try the import from the locally cloned repository into your workspace by using the "Import projects" menu on the repository in the repository view of Eclipse.
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Let's say I have a project on BitBucket and want to add it into Eclipse of my coworker. His Eclipse has no projects now.
How can we import this project by using GUI (not a command line)?
Here is the way to do it.
Importing a GitHub project into Eclipse
At the uri section, paste your bitbucket project uri.
How do I import Maven projects in Eclipse from Git repository?
My setup:
Eclipse Neon
EGit with SSH, using built-in PPK auth
EGit connector for project import installed
Git repository with 120+ Maven projects
I finally managed to clone my 16+ GB Git repository. Now I wonder, how am I supposed to work with my projects in Eclipse.
In Git Repository view, I see a folder called 'Working Tree' containing all the project folders. Having the EGit connector installed, the context menu contains an entry 'Import Maven Projects...'. There I selected the pom.xml files of my Maven projects (no other file types are shown) and after a while Eclipse has created projects in the Project Explorer view accordingly.
However, the projects only contain the pom.xml file and none of the actual code files or folders.
Did I miss something? How do I create Maven projects automatically in Eclipse for all the Maven projects that are in my Git repo?
Eventually, it turned out that Eclipse did a faulty import on first attempt. In despair I deleted all projects that were created by the importer (without deleting the files on disk), then I ran the import again using the context menu entry Import Maven Projects... of the Git view.
This time all projects were created fully, not just containing the pom.xml file but all Java packages, source files and additional binary resources as well.
I'm not sure if the first attempt to import just failed or if the fact, that I eventually ran the importer twice, fixed the problem. But maybe my experiences will still help someone else:
In case of similar problems, try deleting the empty projects and simply run the import again.
just created project on github from my office and when then i came home and was trying to import the project on my home machine but I am not able to do it.
Following is the detail.
Both home and office machine has eclipse Juno and Egit plugin installed. I am able to do check-in from office. but at home I am not even able to import the project.
my workspace directory - c:\gaurang
git local directory - d:\Gaurang\Webdriver-Data-Driven-Framework
Now if i choose "Import existing projects" it says No project found
if i choose "Use the new Project Wizard" - it creates empty project
if i choose "Import as general project" - it creates the project but not a java project so not able to compile or run.
My git repository - https://github.com/Gaurang033/Webdriver-Data-Driven-Framework.git
I struggled in a similar fashion when checking out https://github.com/angular/angular-seed.git
The problem was that I expected to happen in a single step. The Github project does not contain eclipse files, so of course you can not import existing projects - the other options should work, however and they don't
The solution for me was to:
Clone the github repository locally e.g. /home/name/git/angular-seed (import.../Projects from Git/URI)
Obtain a working copy as a plain project (import.../Projects from Git/local)
I think it's a bug
The result is that I have the cloned repository in /home/name/git/angular-seed and a skeleton project with a ".project" file that points to that place
You have to push your .project and .classpath files to the repository if you want to be able to import the project using the "Import existing projects" wizard. If those are not present, eclipse cannot detect an existing java project.
I just started my third repository on Github. I initialized the repository on the website with a README file and tried importing it into Eclipse with Egit. Like my other projects from Github, the import dialog worked fine and the repository was cloned. In my file explorer, I can see the folder Egit created, as well as the .git folder and the README from the repository.
However, when I get to the point where Eclipse wants me to choose a wizard for project import, everything stops working. I can't import an existing project, because none exists yet. If I try to import it as a general project, it doesn't let me go further because it claims:
/path/to/my/folder overlaps the location of another project: 'gnu_magic'
This is indeed the name of the project I'm trying to import, but as I just imported it for the first time that shouldn't be a problem.
If I use the new project wizard, it doesn't let me use the same folder name as the project, claiming that the folder is not empty (which is true, but strange when I'm using the wizard to create an entirely new project). If I give the folder another name, it creates a project but the project isn't connected to the repository - I have no way of committing my changes back to Github.
Deleting the gnu_magic folder and starting all over again brings the same results.
Is there a way to remove the metadata over that specific project from Eclipse's configuration? I don't want to lose my other projects but I would like to work with Egit on that project.
Another interesting fact: If I clone the repository manually and then try to import it into Eclipse, as a project from my file system, it doesn't let me becasue the source is in the heirarchy of the destination.
Or am I missing the point here completely? I'm just surprised that I was able to clone the other repositories without any problems. Working with them over the past few days has been quite easy.
The solution was a bit strange. Here's the steps to solve it:
Clone repository using EGit
Eclipse refuses to import project, claiming it already exists. Exit import dialog.
Create new project using existing code, using cloned repository
Share project with old repository
Now the project is once again connected to the repository. Be careful with this method because if something goes wrong you might commit over your old code. This solution works with Indigo and Juno.
I'm using Eclipse 4.2 Indigo, and I've been struggling with these same problems for a while now.
If you have already cloned a repository on your machine somewhere, using EGit or whatever, you can:
1) Create a new Eclipse project.
2) File -> Import -> General -> File System Choose the cloned repository location. This will import everything, including the .git folder within the repository, into your Eclipse project in your workspace. For this it doesn't matter whether there's .project files anywhere in the imported files or not.
3) Team -> Share Project -> Git The EGit plugin should detect the .git folder within your project and suggest settings accordingly. You will have a new local repository location addded to EGit's repositories which will point to the .git folder under your project's directory.
I've got a git repository with two Maven projects "foo" and "bar". The structure of the cloned repo is as follows:
myrepo
.git
foo
pom.xml
bar
pom.xml
What I want
Two projects "foo" and "bar" in my workspace with maven nature and working Team menu.
I'm running Eclipse 3.7 with m2e 1.0.0.
I tried the following:
Import -> Check out maven projects from SCM
This clones the repo into a new folder in my workspace folder and imports the two projects, but without connection to git (Team menu is mostly empty).
Import -> Projects from Git
With this option I can only import the entire repo as a single general project (with working Team menu). If I then use "Import -> Existing maven projects", the projects foo and bar are imported but without working Team menu.
Is it possible at all to import multiple projects from a git repo with working Team menus?
As far as I know and are able to perform on my setup (Eclipse 3.7, Egit 1.0.0, m2e 1.0, m2e-egit 0.13), it is not possible in a single step.
The cleanest procedure that I know of is the following:
Clone your Git repository (preferably from Eclipse, otherwise you also need to add the repository to the Git Repositories view);
Import -> Check out existing Maven projects from the root folder of your cloned repo;
Select all the resulting Eclipse projects, and choose Team -> Share project;
Now select Git and check Use or create Repository in parent folder of project.
Long-winded? Sure. But cloning beforehand gives you control over the folder name you check out to, in contrast to Check out Maven projects from SCM which on my machine produces a "maven_{unix_timestamp}" like folder name.
I agree wholeheartedly with you that a quicker procedure should be available.
Here are the steps I used (using eclipse helios, egit and maven plugins)
From git repo perspective, clone your repo (I'm pulling in
git://git.springsource.org/spring-security/spring-security.git for
example)
Use "Import -> Projects from Git" to import as single
general project.
On this project use "Import -> Existing Maven
project" to import separate subprojects.
On each new project, go to "Team -> Share Project ->
Git".
If desired, remove the original project imported in step 2 above. Just remove from workspace, don't remove disk contents.
Create Clone of your Git repository. This can be done by choosing option of clone in'Git Repo Perspective' in eclipse. It will create a local repository in your system. I used bitbucket (GIT) to host my code. It will create a repository with the same name as you have given while creating the repository at your host. At this point of time an empty repository will be created since I have not put anything at host as of now.
Now copy your multimodule Maven project to the local repository which is created in step 1.
Go to eclipse, now click on import --> Projects from GIT -->Existing local Repository -->select your local repository --> import existing projects and we are done.
You will see '?' on your modules. Now select all the projects --> Team -->share projects-->Add index. You will see '+' sign. Now commit and push your changes.
In my case, I have not created the repository at host before hand. I created it through eclipse by pushing the code from my local to host. Vice versa can be done by cloning. If your code is already present at the host, cloning will fetch the code and save it in your local repository and similar steps can be executed to import project into eclipse workspace.