Use the m2eclipse-egit connector if you want to import a Maven project from a Git repository:
install new software using this URL: http://repository.tesla.io:8081/nexus/content/sites/m2e.extras/m2eclipse-egit/0.14.0/N/0.14.0.201305250025/ On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:14 PM, alejandro.e...@miranda.com wrote: > > I am not sure whether this is an m2e issue or another component's so let me > know if I need to ask somewhere else > > I am trying to import a github repo into eclipse. Ideally i would like to > do everything in a single wizard which 1) clones the remote repo locally, > 2) generates the eclipse metadata 3) imports the project and leaves it > ready to commit. This is exactly the current workflow with SVN and CVS > using "Checkout Maven project from SCM": in one wizard you end up with a > compilable/runnable/commitable project in your workspace > > Given that git is distributed, I think it's acceptable (not ideal) to have > two steps (wizards), one where you only clone the repo, and another where > you maven-import the projects in it. However even this doesn't currently > work. From the git repositories view (or perspective) I can right click on > the local clone and select "Import maven project". This scans my maven > structure and lets me select which projects to import. This imports the > project quasi-correctly: i can compile and run, however, i cannot commit. > My eclipse project is not linked to the local repo even though i started > the whole import by right clicking on it. Is this a bug? if I import from a > repo i obviously want to commit to that same repo. Am I doing it wrong? is > it m2e the one that handles these imports from a git repo? > > i know i can do "team/share project" but my point is that the fact you > need to do this looks like a bug to me. > > What do you guys think? if someone agrees I will open a ticket for it if > there's not one already > > > > Alejandro Endo | Software Designer/Concepteur de logiciels > > > DISCLAIMER: > > Privileged and/or Confidential information may be contained in this > message. If you are not the addressee of this message, you may not > copy, use or deliver this message to anyone. In such event, you > should destroy the message and kindly notify the sender by reply > e-mail. It is understood that opinions or conclusions that do not > relate to the official business of the company are neither given > nor endorsed by the company. > > Thank You. > > _______________________________________________ > m2e-users mailing list > m2e-users@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder & CTO, Sonatype Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
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