I've forked and cloned a project to the local machine from GitHub using the terminal and am trying to import it into Eclipse.
The problem is the clone from GitHub doesn't have a .project file, so when I go import -> projects from Git, I can only import as a general project. How can I import the project to Eclipse without doing git init? Most of the solutions I saw have .project already there when they cloned it from Git.
Create a new java project, Untick "Use default location" and browse the git project path by clicking browse button. It works for me. I have just imported a Git, netbeans project into Eclipse through this simple method.
After a while I got it working as expected...
Basically the wizard is broken. This is what worked for me (eclipse 4.2.2):
You may use the wizard to import the git repository to your workspace.
After that you need to close the wizard and open the git Repositories view. (Window->Show View->Others->Git->Git repositories)
Right click on the repo you've just imported and select "Import Projects..."
I've imported a general project (it was SQL code only) and this time it worked as expected (The screen doesn't allow you to change the project name nor directory, which makes sense at this point.)
Those are the same steps performed by the wizard, but apparently it doesn't get the information about the project being already deployed at the workspace, so you get the option to change those values and it complains about the project already existing there.
You should create a new project in Eclipse and specify that the project be located in the existing directory.
Choose "Create project from existing source" in the wizard:
I use eclipse 3.7 ( indigo ) and I find this great solution:
1) click on: Navigate -> Show In -> Project Explorer
2) from Filesystem folder, find and select the folder where the project is contained
3) right chick on folder, and select Promote to Project
Do this:
File > Import > General > Existing Projects Into Workspace
then:
select root directory: select the path in you pc where the project is
if you want to to copy the existing project in a new project into your workspace, check the field copy projects into workspace, otherwise don't check it and continue to work directly into the existing project
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I'm struggling to create a repository for my Maven project in Eclipse. Whatever I try it turns out like so:
\ProjectA
----\.git
----\ProjectA
--------\src
--------\pom.xml
While I'd like it to be like so:
\ProjectA
----\.git
----\src
----\pom.xml
Is there any way for it to not create a separate folder under the working tree?
I'm not sure if it is the only or the best way, but creating empty repo from git directly then moving files and reimporting in Eclipse did the trick.
In case anyone needs this later:
In folder you want your repo in:
git init
Copy your sources and pom.xml and other needed files there (I also recommend creating .gitignore file at this point), then:
git add --all
git commit --m "Initial commit msg"
Then open Eclipse, delete your project and reimport it as existing Maven project directly from your repo. In my case it already recognized repo as well.
From my understanding, you are trying to create a Git repository with a single Eclipse project, located at the root of the work directory.
open the EGit Repositories view and select the Create a new Repository action
enter the name of the directory in which the repository should be created and select Finish
make sure that auto-sharing projects is enabled (enabled by default, in doubt, see Preferences > Team > Git > Projects)
open the New Java Project and enter a project name
uncheck Use default workspace location and enter the exact same path as the repository work directory (see 2.)
go to the Package Explorer, select the new project, open the context menu and select Configure > Convert to Maven Project
The detour of creating a Java project first and then converting it into a Maven project seems necessary because the New Maven Project wizard apparently always adds the Group Id to the location path.
I am trying to move a project into my git repo, using Team -> Share Project -> Git, when I select the repo the error "Cannot move project x to target location...as this location overlaps with location..."
My workspace and repo are different folders (this seems to fix it for most people).
Which version of eclipse and egit plugin are you using?
For me on Kepler Service Release 2 and Egit 3.2.0 it works if I choose:
Team->Share Project->Git
and then tickbox Use or create repository in parent folder of project BUT then select the project folder . instead of the parent ..
In my case, there was a .project file inside the git repo. I just deleted it from the terminal. Then everything works perfectly. You can't access it with the GUI which is another reason why terminal is awesome!
Tried many options but they didn't work. I've posted an answer in another similar question which is a manual way to do it which will work with any Eclipse version, here is the link: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41799215/578046
I got this error when attempting to bring in a new subproject into an existing parent project in a "split" workspace i.e. the default configuration using separate workspace and git folders.
The final workaround was different from others listed:
Delete the project from within Eclipse (choose default option: DO NOT delete on filesystem)
Use the system shell move the new subproject from the Workspace location into its proper place under the parent project in the git folder structure
In Eclipse, go to the the Git Repositories view, right-click the new project folder under Working Tree, and choose "Import Projects..." to reimport the project
Re-add the project to any Working Sets it needs to be part of
I encountered the same problem, and used the following steps to solve the problem:
1、Team --> Share Project...
2、Check Use or create repository in parent folder of project,and then Check Your project...
3、Click Create Repository
4、Click Finish
I had the same problem and realized that when i cloned the git repository i selected the "import all existing Eclipse projects after clone finishes" checkbox. So i removed my repository and cloned it again without the checkbox selected. Then i had no problem sharing a new Java project into my repository (because no .project file was created on the git folder)
I had the same problem, here's how I solved it:
Open The Git Repositories View:
Window -> Show View -> Other -> Git -> Git Repositories -> Open
Then Right Click YourRepositoryName in the Git Repositories View and Click Clean...
A Popup Window will open, Tick the .project file and Click Finish
Now when you try to use Team -> Share Project -> Git it should work.
If Clean... doesn't delete the .project file, you can also manually do it by opening the repository file system in the Git Repositories View and look for the .project file then Right Click the file and Click Delete
I just went to git folder using terminal and entered the command rm .project. The problem went away.
I had a similar error once, which was caused by the name of my folder containing spaces, e.g. "Joe Doe".
Moving the project to a place where it doesn't have any space in file path solved my problem.
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'm a little confused about how EGit workes.
I have an existing git repository on Github and want to clone it into my workspace.
My goal is to have the local repository directly stored inside my workspace-folder but I don't get it working with EGit.
When I want to clone the github repo with EGit, I have to choose a directory as destination. The suggested directory is in my homedir (not in my workspace). When I choose this directory I can see the project in Eclipse but it is not stored in my workspace-folder. Instead it is stored in my home dir.
When I choose a directory directly inside my workspace, later when it comes to import the project it says that there is already a directory with this name.
I don't know how to solve this. I thought this would be a common scenario. In the past I have used hgEclipse (Mercurial) and it was working exactly the way I thought it should be so I'm confused EGit doesn't. Maybe I misunderstood something.
Probably this is important to know: In the github repository there are no .project or .settings files from eclipse. I have them on my .gitignore and so in the import-dialog I have to choose "Import as General Project" and not "Import Existing Projects". But I think this shouldn't matter?
I hope someone can help me or explain me why the EGit plugin doesn't clone the repository directly into the workspace by default.
My Eclipseversion is 3.6, I have installed EGit over the markedplace.
As mentioned in this EGit tutorial, the destination directory you mention when importing (cloning) a Git repo is any directory you want, in which the .git will be created:
You don't have to select the workspace itself (at least, you should select the workspace/myproject subdirectory, in order to not make the all Eclipse workspace a Git repo.
And you can select any other directory outside the workspace: the Eclipse workspace should only contain meta-data about Eclipse projects and settings.
When declaring a new project, you will be able to select the project directory, making that directory the parent for .classpath and .project.
Your workspace will list that new project, even though it lives outside the workspace.
To import a project from GitHub you should use the Import Git Repository as New Project dialogue (right click -> Import -> Git -> Git Repository as New Project). This way you can select the destination of the clone repository, including the Workspace.
If you want to edit the sources in the IDE and also want the changes to be reflected in the Git repository, delete the original source file in the project and link the source file in the git repo to the project. That way, you can directly make changes to the git repo and you can commit them when needed. Be careful not to delete the files when deleting the project in the IDE though.
Steps to have git project in workspace (with egit):
On GIT perspective choose "Clone a Git Repository and add it to this view"
As a destination choose folder inside a workspace (for example ".../workspace/myproject")
Wait until cloned
File -> New -> Project
General -> project
As a project name type name of a folder in workspace where project has been cloned (for example "myproject")
Nope. There's no way to get this to work. You can't use egit to checkout a git project into the workspace and if you check it out elsewhere and try to copy it into the workspace, you will lose your connection to the remote repository. If you want VCS that works, use svn or mercurial.
In the "Configure Local Storage Location" dialog,
choose .../workspace/projectname.
Then in the next dialog,
we get the wizard selection menu. Normally you should select "Import existing project".
(But see below).
Finally, there is the "Import Projects" dialog.
For various unexplained reasons, sometimes this dialog is empty and won't
let you finish. In that case, you need to cancel, and then outside of Eclipse completely delete the working directory that was cloned into, and then start again.
But if there is the project there, press finish. If it complains about the project already existing, go back to the wizard menu and change it to use a wizard. Select a Java wizard and then finish. Often this will work, but only if you first got the "Import Projects" menu to recognize the project in the first place.
It may take several attempts to get this to work! But once it is set up, it works fine.
So, in summary: is is possible to get EGit to use the default project location for the git clone, but in my experience it may inexplicably require several attempts.
I have a Subversion repository I have checked out and have in my local hard disk. Now, how do I import this into Eclipse?
When I choose File > Import and choose SVN, there is only an option to checkout a project from the server again. File > New project seems to be for projects we are creating new projects from scratch.
"Import..." the existing project then "Share..." the project. The Subversive (or SubClipse) client will realize that the project has a .svn folder and reattach to the repository.
In Eclipse click on:
File -> Import -> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace
However you have to define a workspace location being different from the one that is being checked out in order to prevent yourself from changes to the checked out repository.
I've tried with File->Import Projects from File System or Archive, and in the blank space of Import source, you just need to browse through button Directory.. and find the project path you wanted to import. Then the svn connection is automatically detected.
Install the subversive plugin from market place or from update site.
Use appropriate SVN connectors during setup Windows->Preferances->Team->SVN->SVNConnectors. SVNKit 1.8.11 worked for me.
Make sure Enable automatic project share checkbox is set at this location Windows->Preferances->Team->SVN->General
Just import the existing SVN project File->Import->General->Existing Projects into Workspace, then eclipse will automatically recognize it based on the .svn hidden folder. Need not explicitly do Team->Share project.