On 7 January 2015 at 17:14, Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net> wrote: > Am Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:42:56 +0000 > schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > >> On 7 January 2015 at 16:06, luc <l...@spaceroots.org> wrote: >> > Hi Sebb, >> > >> > Le 2015-01-07 16:11, sebb a écrit : >> > >> >> I've just started trying to look at some Math code with Eclipse. >> >> >> >> However it's not at all obvious how to create the initial project. >> >> >> >> I'm used to SVN where there is a list of SVN repos, and one can >> >> just checkout the required tree. >> >> >> >> How is one supposed to add the initial project to Eclipse? >> > >> > >> > You are right. It is not obvious. >> > >> > You should select File -> import... and from the popup wizard find >> > the Git-> Projects from Git. >> >> OK, that works, but there seems to be no way to create the project in >> the same workspace as the other Commons components. > > Actually there are multiple ways. The Eclipse integration of Git > somewhat asumes you want to have a shared Git Repo location independent > of the workspace. This has the advantage that all workspaces share the > same local Git repository. However I prefer the more traditional > approach with .git containing the repo. > > So my prefered way is to use the command line tools to check out a > repo. This not only has the advantage that I can use cut+paste of the > checkout command, but it also will use the .git location and I can > directly create it in the WS directory. After that you "import existing > maven project". > > You can also use the repository view in Eclipse: > "Show View -> "Git Repositories". Here you can paste a repository path, > it normally asumes a shared repository directory as well, but you > change the "directory" setting to the would-be project location in the > workspace. (ie. \ws\commons-math instead of USER\git\commons-math). > This even allows to import in one step. > > Having the repo view open is helpful anyway, so this could be the best > way (unless you prefer like me the command line for initial checkouts).
Maybe this should be added to the Wiki page that Luc started? Or a related page - it may be better to document the initial setup steps separately. > Gruss > Bernd > >> > You can look here: >> > <http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseGit/article.html#clone_respository>. >> > >> > I'll add it to the wiki. >> >> Thanks. >> >> > best regards, >> > Luc >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
