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:

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1- Open Eclipse IDE, go to Help and click on Install New Software:

2- The following window will open. Click on Add:

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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:

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5- Select the plugin checkbox:

6- Click on Next:

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7- Wait for a few seconds. Eclipse is going to verify the plugin compatibility (with your
IDE version) and required packages:

8- Click on Next:

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9- Accept the terms of the license agreements:

10- Click on Finish:

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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!

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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:

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3- Find the folder named Git and choose Git Repository. Click on Next:

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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:

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6- There is an error. Let’s fix it: change Protocol to git+ssh:

7- You only need to fill the URI field. EGit will parse it and fill the other fields for you.
You’ll be identifying using your ssh key so there’s no password needed for the git user.
Unfortunately, the EGit plugin no longer parses git@github.com URLs correctly. Make
sure to choose the git+ssh protocol and enter github.com as your host, correct the path
and the URL will be adjusted accordingly. The resulting URL will look like this:
git+ssh://git@github.com//.git. Click on Next.

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8- If this is the first time you are setting up Egit in your machine, and you are a Windows
user, it is possible you will get the following error message (Auth Fail):

9- In case of this message appears to you, click on Yes and follow next steps. Otherwise
go to step 15:

10- Click on Yes:

11- Click on OK:

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12- The following error message should appear. Click on OK:

13- Read step 14 to fix this error:

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14- When you created your public key, you must created it in the .ssh folder
(C:Documents and Settings{user}.ssh), and Egit tries to get your public key from ssh
folder (C:Documents and Settings{user}ssh). That is why you get the auth fail error
message. You have to allow Egit to create ssh folder (C:Users{user} - Windows Vista
users). But, until now, you just created the folder. Your public key is not in there. You
need to copy your files from .ssh directory to shh directory. When you are done, restart
Eclipse IDE and follow the steps 1 to 7 again, and go to step 15:

15- Wait for a few seconds. Eclipse is getting required information from Github:

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16- Select your branch (Master) and click on Next:

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17- Select the option Import Projects after clone and fill the directory field wih your
workspace directory. Click on Next:

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18- Select the project you want to import to your workspace and click on Next:

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19- Wait for a few seconds while Eclipse is importing and downloading the project from
Github:

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20- Done! Now your project is under git control.

Uploading your Eclipse project to GitHub

1- Open the project you want to share and upload to Github. Let’s upload a HelloWorld
project:

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2- Right click on project root, go to Team and choose Share Project:

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3- Choose GIT repository type and click on Next:

4- Select the projec you want to share and click on Create to create .git control files:

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5- Click on Finish:

6- Lets add all the files to git control:

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7- Rigt click on project root, go to Team and choose Add to Version Control:

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8- You added all your files to git control (+ icon). Now you need to commit your files.

9- To commit all your files at once, rich click on project root, go to Team and choose
Commit:

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10- Type a commit message and click on Commit.

11- Now you just need to push your files to GitHub repository:

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12- Fill the form with your GitHub information:

13- If you do not have a GitHub repository, let’s create one for you:

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14- Click on Create Repository, you will be redirected to the following page. Copy Your
Clone URL:

15- Click on Next:

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16- Wait for a few seconds:

17- Just click on Add all branches spec:

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18- Click on Finish:

19- Your project were upload to GitHub:

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20- Let’s check it out:

21- Done!

Git operations from inside Eclipse

After you uploaded your Hello World projeto to GitHub, you want to modify your
HelloWorld class
Let’s see what you have to do to see your code changes in your Github project:

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1- You modified your HelloWorld class (> icon).

2- Commit your changes – follow 9th and 10th step frm previous topic (right click on
class file). Type a commit message and commit:

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3- Puch you modified file (steps 11-19 from previous topic).

4- Done! You can see your modifications in your GitHub page:

Happy coding!!!

Reference: http://github.com/guides/using-the-egit-eclipse-plugin-with-github

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