Using The EGit Eclipse Plugin With Git Hub

Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub GitHub is a web-based hosting service for projects that use the Git revision control system. It is a social networking where you can share your code. Warning! GitHub officially supports msysgit (openssh) on windows and precompiled or self-compiled binaries on Mac and Linux. What’s Egit anyway? EGit is an Eclipse plugin that uses a pure Java implementation of Git (JGit) to enable Eclipse projects to be controlled by a Git repository. EGit is under rapid development, I’m currently using version 0.5200908282229 (10-10-2009). As an Eclipse source control plugin it’s not complete yet, but it has a lot going for it and gives you some goodies and visual clues on the state of your branch. Egit has moved to the eclipse project recently Here is what you will find in this tutorial: • Installing EGit • Importing an existing Eclipse project from Github • Uploading your Eclipse project to Github • Git operations from inside Eclipse Installing EGit You can add the EGit update site to Eclipse and install it like any other plugin. Add the following site http://www.jgit.org/updates to Eclipse and install it. Don’t know how to do this? Follow the steps from this tutorial: Page 1 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 1- Open Eclips e IDE, go to Help and click on Install New Software: 2- The following window will open. Click on Add: Page 2 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 3- Type a name for Egit update site (I named it egit) and paste this url http://www.jgit.org/updates on Location. Click on OK: 4- Wait for just a few seconds. Eclipse is going to search for the plugin in the update site you informed: Page 3 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 5- Select the pl ugin checkbox: 6- Click on Next: Page 4 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 7- Wait for a f ew seconds. Eclipse is going to verify the plugin compatibility (with your IDE version) and required packages: 8- Click on Next: Page 5 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 9- Accept the t erms of the license agreements: 10- Click on Finish: Page 6 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 11- Wait for a few minutes Maybe 5-10 minutes.: 12- Installation completed! Click on Yes to restart Eclipse IDE and reload your modifications: 13- It is ready to use! Page 7 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com Importing and existing Eclipse project from Github 1- Open Eclipse IDE: 2- On Package Explorer view, right click on blank area and click on Import: Page 8 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 3- Find the folder named Git and choose Git Repository. Click on Next: Page 9 of 32 Tutorial: Using the EGit Eclipse Plugin with GitHub Loiane Groner - http://loianegroner.com 4- Open the github project page you would like to import and copy Your Clone URL: 5- Back to Eclipse, paste the URL on the URI: Page 10 of 32