clickAction = new Action() { public void run() { RepositoryProvider provider = RepositoryProvider.getProvider(activeFile.getProject()); IFileHistory hist = provider.getFileHistoryProvider().getFileHistoryFor(activeFile, IFileHistoryProvider.NONE, new NullProgressMonitor()); String a = hist.getFileRevisions()[hist.getFileRevisions().length-1].getAuthor(); System.out.print(a); } };