vogella.de

Create a project "de.vogella.git.first". Create the following class.

				
package de.vogella.git.first;

public class GitTest {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println("Git is fun");
	}
}

			

Right click your project, select Team -> Share -> Git

Select the proposed line and press "Create repository". Press finish.

You have created a local Git repository.

Create the file ".gitignore" in your project with the following content. All files / directories which apply to the pattern described in this file will be ignored by git. In this example all files in the "bin" directory will be ignored.

				
bin

			

EGit allow to clone an existing project. We will use an Eclipse plugin as example. To learn more about accessing standard Eclipse coding please see Eclipse Source Code Guide .

Select File -> Import -> Git -> Git Repository.

Import for example the following project "git://dev.eclipse.org/org.eclipse.jface/org.eclipse.jface.snippets.git". You only have to paste the URL to the first line of the dialog, the rest will be filled out automatically.

After pressing next the system will allow you to import the existing branches. You should select at least "master".

The next dialog allow you to specify where the project should be copied to and which branch should be initially selected.

You get an additional import dialog.

You have checked to the project and can use the team Git operation on your project.

The following blog entry describes how to create several projects in one git repository: http://ekkescorner.wordpress.com/blog-series/git-mercurial/workflow-create-multi-project-repositories-egit/

Github is a popular hosting provider for Git projects. To use Github go to their webpage and create an account. Public trees are hosted by Github for free.

If you do not yet have an account sign-up now for Github. During the sign-up you will be asked to provide a "passphase". This "passphase" is later needed to push to Github from your local repository.

Create a new repository. Call it "de.vogella.git.github"

Github is nice enough to tell you what to do if you work on the command line. Do not follow the instructions.

				
Global setup:

 Download and install Git
  git config --global user.name "Lars Vogel"
  git config --global user.email youremail...
        

Next steps:

  mkdir de.vogella.git.github
  cd de.vogella.git.github
  git init
  touch README
  git add README
  git commit -m 'first commit'
  git remote add origin git@github.com:vogella/de.vogella.git.github.git
  git push origin master
      

Existing Git Repo?

  cd existing_git_repo
  git remote add origin git@github.com:vogella/de.vogella.git.github.git
  git push origin master
      

Importing a Subversion Repo?

  Click here
      

When you're done:

  Continue


			

Create a new project in Eclipse with the name "de.vogella.git.github". Create a new local repository for this project and commit to this local repository.

Right-mouse click on your project and select "Team" -> "Push to". Select the proposed line and press "Create repository" and afterwards select "Finish". Maintain the following data. Adjust the first line so that you are using your user and your project name.

				
git+ssh://git@github.com/vogella/de.vogella.git.github
			

Maintain your passphase which you maintained during the Github setup.

Select your branch (you should currently only have master if you followed my tutorial), press "Add all branches spec" and select next.

Press finish.

If you now select your github Dashboard and then your project you should see the commited files.