I recently installed Git for Eclipse (EGit) and I have used some basic functions by right-click -> Team -> Add/Commit/Remove/Exclude/etc.
However, I would like to use some of the more complicated features of git, and command-line syntaxes. Is there a way to do this in Eclipse or set up EGit in command line?
This is not provided by EGit itself, but there are multiple options:
A generic command shell, see David's answer
Gonsole plugin, which provides some command completion and integration with EGit
I don't believe you can get direct access to a command prompt for egit. However, you could use one of the many plugins that create a command shell at a particular folder, so you can just type the git command you want. One of those is the PathTools plugin, which also lets you record specific command lines you can run on a shell.
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The text cannot be COPIED by double-clicking and PASTED on right-clicking when working on Git bash in Eclipse, similar to the usage in Git Bash Windows application, which saves much time.
Is there any solution or best terminal alternative integrated in Eclipse?
That does not seem to be supported by the Terminal component, part of CDT since Eclipse 2020-03, with code source now in org.eclipse.cdt.git/tree/terminal.
No issue has been mentioned in this bugzilla list, which means you would need to create one to mention this use case.
Is there any way to make Beyond Compare 3 the default diff tool in Eclipse?
I'm using the Mercurial plugin and would like to use BC3 for diffing files and handling merge conflicts.
I'm only able to find solutions when it comes to CVS or SVN when searching this site.
See the following query for discussion on external diff tool for Mercurial Eclipse.
http://bitbucket.org/mercurialeclipse/main/issue/310/external-diff-tool
It suggests that standard approach for setting up external diff tool should suffice. So setting up ".hgrc" should work.
Since this is no different from any other setup, you can test it by using hg commands in shell. See if that throws any errors and then check out with eclipse.
The setting for external merge tool is available in the plugin settings.
http://bitbucket.org/mercurialeclipse/main/wiki/Installation_and_Configuration#main-preferences
[edit: with hgrc]
This will work when you use command line.
The following "ExtdiffExtension" extension should help.
The extdiff Mercurial extension allows you to use external programs to compare revisions, or revision with working dir. The external diff programs are called with a configurable set of options and two non-option arguments: paths to directories containing snapshots of files to compare.
You need to install Beyond Compare Eclipse Plugin (Beyond CVS) which would provide this functionality.
Cheers!!!
I've been using Eclipse to do CVS checkout from within the Eclipse interface. Is it possible to do it using the command line just like any normal CVS program? When I type CVS in my command prompt now, I get the usual
cvs is not recognized as an internal or external command
but CVSing should be possible since it's part of Eclipse. Do I need to make changes to the environment vars? or what's needed
You need to install CVS to use it in a command line.
The document "Eclipse Compatibility with CVSNT and CVS 1.12.x" mentions:
The Eclipse CVS client is a Java implementation of a CVS client that does not require any other CVS client to be installed.
The advantage of this is that Eclipse CVS can be used without requiring the user to install any additional software.
See also compatibility FAQ:
1/ Does Eclipse use [WinCVS|CVS command-line client] to talk to the server?
No. Eclipse implements a CVS client in Java that talks directly to the server using the documented CVS protocol. No external CVS client is required.
2/ The command-line CVS client stores information in CVS folders. Does Eclipse do the same thing? If so, where are the folders?
Eclipse stores CVS sync information in CVS/ folders in the same way as the command-line CVS client does.
However, you rarely see these folders within Eclipse. They are marked using a Core facility called "team-private" which causes them to be hidden from view.
If you open a (non-Eclipse) file explorer you will see that these directories and their contents appear on the file system.
3/ Is Eclipse compatible with the command-line CVS client?
Eclipse Team CVS stores its meta information in a format that is compatible with the command-line CVS client. Thus you should be able to use a CVS command line client against Eclipse workspace files on disk. Please note that this support is experimental, and you may run into problems.
I, like many others, love Eclipse as my ide of choice, and because of the way I work (moving about, different places, different projects) want to use Git for CVS.
There is a plugin for Git in Eclipse, Egit, which is now an official Eclipse project, and currently at version 0.7.1. As I've just started using it I'm interested in how others are using it, and what work arounds they are using. Currently Egit doesn't have support for merges, so these have to be done outside of Eclipse and then the workspace refreshed.
So, How do you do this task ? (and any other tasks that Egit doesn't do right now)
Just for reference, EGIT does now support merges and uses the powerful diff interface within eclipse.
Once you have fetched the code and run a merge, if there are any conflicts they are highlighted in the project explorer with a red !, you can then right click on them and go to Team > Merge Tool, which is un-ghosted for conflicted files.
Once you have selected the code you wish to use (Either the workspace version with diff annotations in it or the HEAD version that caused the conflict) the diff window will open.
This shows your local code on the left and the conflicting code on the right, you can use the 'next difference' button to jump through all the conflicts, and the 'copy change from right to left' button to accept the remote version, or simply edit your local version in place.
Once you are happy with the changes save your file and add it, then commit the results and you should be done.
Please note I am in no way a master of git good practice, so please feel free to correct me if these are not the best operations to use, but it was an answer to the question "How do I do merges in eclipse with egit".
When working with Eclipse, I only use egit to actually commit. Everything else I do simply via the command line. The command line in git (or any other VCS) is much more superior and the software was actually created with having the command line in mind, so it's just naturally that you can access really every single feature via the command line.
Everything else only uses the command line in the background and tries to emulate a different interface, native to the host application (here: Eclipse). But by doing that you can never reach the same power as by using the original tools.
However I think when egit develops more, it might be a good way to work with git; similar to how the subversion plugin for Eclipse works well with most functions. But in my situation, I don't use Eclipse for everything and using the command line is then a lot simpler than trying to get used to multiple different plugins and the command line.
One way to work out with Egit merge conflict is to take backup of your file, delete it from eclipse, put it back from backup, Add to index and commit.
This should be done only if you can't resolve the conflict with normal Add to Index->Commit method.
PS: I assume you've already resolved the conflict manually or by using Egit merge tool, but just can't remove the conflict marker on the file.
Hello is there a way to use svn command line from eclipse?
Within eclipse in my project browser i can righclick and then click team and than i have something like svn. Not sure which plugin it is. But it doesn't have button's to for example ignore files for uploading. That's why I want to to it command line. And my question is how to do it.
Ok so how can I use it from command line in windows xp?
The plugin you are probably using is Subclipse. It should have an "Add to svn:ignore" option. If not, try updating to the latest versions of Eclipse and Subclipse. In general subclipse should be enough and there is no need for the command line.
For Windows XP I recommend Tortoise SVN. It integrates with the Windows Explorer and offers you a graphical environment for all your needs. I would say that is much more stable than subclipse and very easy to use.
If you do want to use the command line tools, download and install svn-win32 from here. The command line tools could be helpful in merge and copy operations.
I should also point out that none of these methods interfere with each other. You can work with Tortoise SVN or the command line and subclipse won't be affected. All svn clients work by writing and reading from hidden directories called .svn. There is one such directory in every folder under source control. As long as the svn client software is of the same version, an svn client can write to these hidden folders and another one will be able to read from it. A problem could arise if one of the clients is updated to a version that uses a different protocol for writing to the .svn folders. In that case, older clients won't be able to read the information stored there. Upgrading them to the latest version will solve the problem.
Not sure what you're trying to do; sometimes it's better to describe the goal rather than the means you plan to do it.
Have you tried Subeclipse? It lets you use SVN inside Eclipse; it's great.
I'm not sure if you can use it from Eclipse, but nothing stops you from just using it. From cmd / xterm / whatever. It's not going to interfere with Eclipse in anyway, nor will it interfere with Subclipse (which I'm assuming is what you're using).
I'm using subclipse, and in generaly it works pretty well.
However, and I guess this is your problem, the Team Synchronization by default wants to add all files in my projects, not just the ones I add to version control. This is lame and frustrating, and apparently there's no way to turn it off. Screenshots for older versions, however, hints at the possibility of turning the "feature" off. Frustrating!
I'm not personally a fan of Subclipse - it slows the IDE a bit too much for my taste. Here is an alternative approach using External Tools and TortoiseSVN
Create a new External Tool
Call it SVN Commit
Set the Location to \bin\TortoiseProc.exe (mine is C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoiseProc.exe)
Set the arguments to /command:commit /path:"${selected_resource_loc}"
Open the file / directory you want committed and run the external tool.
Interchange the commit in step four for additional commands. You can also add the specific tools to favorites and have them in a dropdown on the toolbar.
Additional Arguments Here
Not intended to be too presumptuous here, but I think you should look at whether Subversive or Subclipse actually solves problem in a different way than you intended. For instance, it is very much possible to ignore files and directories from being checked in, via Subclipse.
On the other hand, if you really want to hack away via the command prompt from Eclipse, you must install the Target Management project (supported for Eclipse Europa and Ganymede). Once you have that installed, you can launch a remote shell to your local machine and then type away on the command line :).
PS: I haven't used this approach ever; Subversive satisfied all my requirements of a SVN plugin in Eclipse.