Does m2eclipse need EGit for git support

Question

Does m2eclipse use EGit for git support or does it just use the native git client installed on a machine?

I have both installed (plus the m2eclipse SCM integration plugin) and I was wondering if I still need EGit if I use m2eclipse's git support.

Answer 1

m2eclipse has no idea of git, so it needs a plugin which supports git (currently only EGit).

Inside the POM, the situation is different: Here, the Maven plugin (and not the one from Eclipse) is loaded. This SCM maven plugin uses the command line interface of the git client on the machine.

Answer 2

If you have installed Maven SCM feature, you should be able to checkout projects from Git using Maven SCM provider for Git. This should work for "Checkout projects from SCM" wizard, assuming you know a correct project url to checkout.