This is the second article of Eclipse IDE Plugins and it is about EGit. It is a plugin which allows to run Git commands inside Eclipse. You can do all the necessary things with this plugin regarding to the use of Git as a software developer.
There is a very large website of the things around EGit at their homepage, but I think it’s too much if you just want to use to program.
To follow this tutorial you have to have Eclipse installed on your operating system and EGit. If you haven’t installed EGit, you can follow my previous tutorial which shows how to install an Eclipse Plugin.
Configuration of EGit
Start Eclipse and go to the Window menu and choose Preferences.
Configuration
Surf in the Preferences menu to Team->Git->Configuration and click Add Entry
Add Entry
Here we add the first entry to the Git configurations. Key: user.email and Value: your own email address. Click OK when finished.
Click Add Entry again and this time Key: user.name and Value: your own name. Click OK when finished
Configurations Done
Now you have succesfully configured EGit to work. CLick OK to save the configurations.
Creating a Git repository
Next we will create our first Git repository straight from Eclipse by using EGit. You have to have one Eclipse Project created already. Click right mouse button on the project and select Team->Share Project
Share Project
Here we will select Git.
If you get this error, you can select “Do not show again” and click OK.
Configure
Choose your project if not selected and click Create.
New Git Repository
You can here choose directory for your repository, but I prefer the default location, since all the user data is also in there. Also give your repository a name. Click Finish after giving the name.
Conclusion
Here we wee our conclusion what we are going to do. Click Finish to continue.
Done Installation
Now you have succesfully created a Git repository. Right click a project and go to Team and you will see all the necessary Git functions available. Click on the Commit.
Commit
Here you can make your first commit, just select all the files you’d like to commit and click Commit. Now your first saves are done to the version history.
On the next tutorial I will show how to import a Git project into Eclipse and what are the basic commands you need to use Git in other ways than just Commit.