Git plugin for eclipse

Question

Hi there,

I was intending to have a play with git, and was wondering if anyone had used the git plugin for eclipse

I see it's at version 0.3.1, and was wondering if anyone knew how stable it was / any gotchas?

Thanks...

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Update:

If you are using a recent version of Eclipse, your Help menu has an 'Eclipse Marketplace...' link.

Enter 'git' in the Find field. This shows me EGit.

This is also very high in the Popular plugins list.

Click install. Much easier than having to add update site locations by hand.

Answer 1

I've used it briefly, but it was still lacking support in several important areas (it wasn't doing renames/moves properly, or something). There also was no update site available for it.

I don't remember which version it was, but this was like 6 months ago. Hopefully it is better now.

Answer 2

You may be interested in these pointers: http://github.com/blog/232-github-and-eclipse

Answer 3

Github blog spoke yesterday about Egit plugin:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/jgit/

Answer 4

Meanwhile EclipseGit is an "Official Eclipse Technology Project" (09-05-07 GitWiki). I use the current version 0.5.0 (the Wiki is a step behind the development) from time to time, without any problems. Version comparison, commit, revert etc. is working well, although manual refresh's (F5) are necessary when using command line or other Git clients (usual and acceptable Eclipse behavior I think).

Answer 5

I'm using if for day-to-day work and I find it stable. Lately the plugin has made good progress and has added:

• merge support;
• a basic synchronise view;
• reading of .git/info/exclude and .gitignore files.

As egit is an official Eclipse project there is a good reason to hope that it will catch up in terms of lesser-used functionality as well.

Answer 6

EGit is still in eclipse incubation. You can install it using the Eclipse update manager.

1. Select Help -> Install New Software...
2. You probably do not have the JGit update URL in your list of sites so in the 'Work with:' field enter this url: http://www.jgit.org/updates
3. Click Add...
4. You should now see Eclipse Git Plugin - Integration Build (Incubation) listed as available software to install. Check it and click Next.
5. Click Next and agree to the license and it should be installed.

Answer 7

You can integrate Git-GUI with Eclipse as an alternative to EGit.

See this two part YouTube tutorial specific to Windows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcM1xOiaidk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OrPJClD92s

Answer 8

Thanks for the Git GUI videos!

Answer 9

There is also gitclipse(based on JavaGit), but seems dead.

Answer 10

I've set up EGit in Eclipse for a few of my projects and find that its a lot easier, faster to use a command line interface versus having to drill down menus and click around windows.

I would prefer something like a command line view within Eclipse to do all the Git duties.

Answer 11

For a command line view from within eclipse, install the Aptana Eclipse Plugin, it provides you with a console. It's an incredible productivity boost if you do a lot of terminal commands.