I have Eclipse Juno with EGit and a project that I've been working on for a while. I've decided to move it to Git, so I created a Github account and downloaded and installed the program. The repository is at C:\Users\username\GitHub\project_name\, but all it has is the README.md file.
How can I configure Eclipse to use my existing source code (in a workspace separate from the git folder) to work well with git? I've tried using Window → Show View → Other and selecting "Git Repositories," but other than adding a repository (which I have done) I can't figure out how to sync the code.
I've read this question but I get the impression that those answers will perform a one-time commit, instead of a sync.
To clarify: The repository does not have any code. I would like my existing code (in the Eclipse workspace) to be synced to the new repository.
If you already have a git repository in place, first copy all your files to that directory (yes, manually) and do a git commit -a to commit all the files into the repository. I'm assuming here that you've already initialized the repository at C:\Users\username\GitHub\project_name\ with git init.
In eclipse, go to File → Switch Workspace → Other... and point it to a workspace of your choice that can be completely different than the location of your code, or your earlier workspace. In fact, don't point it to the directory which contains your git repository.
Once you have a clean workspace, go to File → New → Other..., select Git → Git Repository and enter the path of your git repository (C:\Users\username\GitHub\project_name\). Enter a name for the repository, and click Finish.
I would really recommend you read at least the first few chapters of the git book to understand how git works, and to help you push and pull code to and from remote repositories.
If your existing repository is not git, you're going to have a hard time keeping the directories in sync. You might want to setup rsync to sync the directories. There is no way AFAIK for eclipse to automagically keep the two repositories in sync.
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I am starting to have a look at git before migrating from SVN.
I have read many helpfill questions here and some tutorials.
Normally, i have more than one eclipse Workspace created in my computer. Different "applications/programs" will use different eclipse workspaces.
When using git a local repo is either clone from a remote repo or created locally. The working tree of the local git repo is then refer from the eclipse workspace. This means that when i am actually changing things within eclipse i am changing them in the local git repo/ working tree.
So far is clear, but sometimes i have projects that are use in more than on application/program, thus in more than one workspace. What should in this case?
For what i have read i would thing that i would need to create a local git repo per eclipse workspace to avoid having two eclipse workspaces modifing the same local git repo/working tree which could cause all sort of trouble.
This means that, to be safe, every eclipse workspace should define a different HOME for the git repo?
Thanks in advance
You can create multiple workspace for the same git repo. use the
git worktree add <path of you worktree> <commit>
and modify the workspace safely.
git worktree --help
will give you detail info.
Good morning.
I just create a GitLab private repo to work in a project with some people. When I add GitLab repo to Eclipse, it says there aren't projects (and it's true). I would know how to create a project and sync with online repo so other members can see my project and codes.
I tried to start a project in git\repoName\ folder, then right-click and choose Team->Commit, but changes wouldn't save (in gitLab repo's website, it says "Repo is empty").
I tried to follow some online guides, but without success.
Sorry for bad english!
Eclipse 4.2 and newer, comes default with (E)Git installed. There is a good Eclipse git tutorial from Vogella.
Create a GitLab git repository
Log into GitLab
Create a project / git repository
Copy the https url from the project, used for cloning
Adding an GitLab git repository in Eclipse
Open the Git perspective in Eclipse
Use Clone existing Git repo, as shown in Using git repository view
Now all the git functionality from Eclipse can be used.
I assume you have a cloned repository available in Eclipse (eGit) that is empty. If not, follow the steps in the answer from Verhagen.
By now, you have a cloned repository that is marked with "[NO HEAD]", indicating that no commit has been made.
Start creating a new project by using your project type of choice; I'll use Java project for simplicity: File menu > New > Java project
in the New Java Project wizard un-tick the "Use default Workspace location" checkbox; instead, choose the directory where you cloned your empty GitLab project, and append the name of the project (this is to make Eclipse create a directory inside the repository, just in case you later want to create more projects in the same repo).
Fill in the wizard as you usually do. When you are done with the different steps, you'll have a new project, that is also marked with "[NO HEAD]"
Create some source files you want to share (e.g. HelloWorld.java)
Synchronize workspace (right click on the new project > Team > Synchronize workspace) you will see that now there are files to commit. Pay attention to those files, since some of them ( .gitignore, and maybe .classpath, .project,.settings directory... depending on how you share your projects) you'll want to add to the .gitignore.
right click on the files you want to commit, fill in the commit message and click "Commit and Push". Click Next
Since it is a new repository, you'll have to configure the Push action. I selected HEAD as source and HEAD as destination. You might want to do the same, at least for this first commit+push; later on, you might choose to add some specs for branches, etc.
The Push Confirmation will show you that the new branch master:master will be created.
Both project and repository lost the "[NO HEAD]" marking
You can check gitlab site to confirm your files are there.
I already have a CVS and that cvs is used to share the source among other developers. But I need to keep a track of my source code changes separately. Moving the project from cvs to git is not practicable here.. and you may think that why 2 versioning controls. Any way I need to have a separate repository. I have tried git with eclipse. It is ok. I want to know how I can use both my personal git repository and cvs together in eclipse. (For example, when I commit my changes in eclipse, Team -> commit .. How can I separately commit to both cvs and git..and whenever I need to see the history in eclipse, separately git and cvs.. .Also when CVS server is not supporting, I can work with my local git repo as well. ) I need to handle all in eclipse IDE. Any one give any tutorial or links for my solution, it is highly appreciated.
You can have a git repo directly within your sources, but Eclipse would still be set on using CVS (and cannot show you both git and cvs commands at the same time).
That means you go on committing with CVS and Eclipse, but would need to commit (locally) in Git with an external tool (either a simple command-line session, or any GUI you want, like GitHub for Windows or SourceTree)
It actually is possible, if you create a dummy Eclipse project and designate the git repository at the workspace root (.git directory at same level as all projects in the workspace). This way when you make commits from this project, all projects in the workspace are its members and you can keep the members themselves connected to cvs.
You can create such repository by first creating the dummy project, and (Team->Share) sharing it via git using the Configure Git Repository dialog. Select “Use or create repository in parent folder” and explicitly remove the project folder from the "Create Repository" line after checking (checkbox) the project from the list of available projects.
After pressing "Create Repository" the project directory suffix will reappear, but remove it again before pressing Finish. In my version of Eclipse pressing Finish will hang, and I must terminate Eclipse to restart it.
After restarting the dummy project can be used to Commit files in all the other projects while the other projects remain connected to cvs.
Screenshot of “Use or create repository in parent folder” view when pathname has been entered by pressing "Create Repository" and then (corrected again before pressing) Finish.
I have tried pushing several eclipse projects to github repos. Every time I have trouble later cloning or fetching them back into eclipse. The reason seems to be that the eclipse specific project files (.project, .classpath, etc) are not staged when I do a 'git add .' I have tried researching gitignore files but cannot find one created by default. The file in .git/info/exclude also seems unrelated. I've searched StackOverflow and the internet at large and find no mention of this. So obviously I'm the only person this has every happened to or the only dummy who can't figure it out on my own. Do I need to stage those project files explicitly to include them in them in the repo (after adding a whole project with a 'git add .')?
If those Eclispe project weren't in a git repo locally, you can create a git repo at the root directory of your project, and you should be able to add the files with a '?' on them, including the .project and .classpath:
(From Egit User Guide / Create Repository section)
But if the project is already in a git repo, check first in the git command-line those files status. In doubt, always fall back to the CLI (command line interface), with any local git installation (for instance for Windows: msysgit)
The EGit Eclipse option "Import > Git > Projects from Git" should reference all the files, included the .project and .classpath
I'd recommend using Egit instead of the command line in this case. While the command line is typically more powerful, Egit knows better about the logical project structure of an Eclipse project.
I am trying to adopt the following workflow:
git svn clone a svn repository through command line (egit doesn't support git-svn)
Open the project in eclipse with egit since I rather use egit to branch, merge, commit etc...
When i'm ready commit the changes back, I use use git svn dcommit to commit back to svn
I am having trouble with step number 2, don't understand how to import a git project, eclipse tells me i can't import it to use the same directory it's currently in because another project with the same name is already there. this is confusing.
Anyone knows how to do this ?
Also would like to hear other workflow examples that uses egit and git svn. I am aware that it is better to do it all through command line, however, I am trying to ease the move to git for fellow developers in my team, who are not used to command line interface etc...
I've worked briefly with the egit plugin (I actually recently stopped using it and just use msysgit as my Git guiclient and run it separately from Eclipse). I find Eclipse very busy as is and adding this plugin slows it down (for me at least).
What I did when setting up an already cloned project in Eclipse:
In Eclipse. File -> Import -> Existing Project into Workspace
Select root directory of project. Do NOT check copy projects into workspace. Click finish.
After project has been imported. Right click on project, go to Team -> Share Project
Select Git as a repo type, click next
Check use or create repo in parent folder of project. Since you already cloned the project it will be tracked with git. When you check this option it will show the project, the path, and the repo (.git).
Click finish and you will be all set.
I think you'd better use SubGit instead of git-svn.
SubGit works on a server side. It synchronizes all the modification between Subversion and Git repositories automatically on every incoming modification from either side.
From the client perspective SubGit enabled repository is a usual Git repository, so you may pull from and push to it. Please refer to SubGit documentation or SubGit vs. git-svn comparison for more details.