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Is a relative path to git repository possible? [message #871513]

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01

Matthew Webber

Messages: 198
Registered: December 2010

Senior Member

Currently we clone our git repositories outside the workspace (as recommended), to a special location ${workspace.root}_git. So we have:

/parent
  /workspace
    . metadata
    features/
       feature_project_that_came_from_subversion/
    plugins/
       plugin_project_that_came_from_subversion/
  /workspace_git
    repo1/
       .git
       project11/
       project12/
    repo2/
       .git
       project21/
       project22/

This is very useful, since scripts know the relative path from the workspace to the git checkout parent.

However, it all breaks if I change the absolute location, for example by "mv parent parent_old". When I start Eclipse pointing to "parent_old", all the projects in the workspace open correctly, but all the projects that were imported from git cannot be opened, since EGit seems to retain the absolute path to the repository.

Is there any way for EGit to use a path relative to the workspace root?

Thanks

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Re: Is a relative path to git repository possible? [message #872981 is a reply to message #871513]

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:29

Robin Rosenberg

Messages: 332
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Matthew Webber skrev 2012-05-14 12.01:
> Currently we clone our git repositories outside the workspace (as recommended), to a special location ${workspace.root}_git. So we have:
>
> /parent
> /workspace
> . metadata
> features/
> feature_project_that_came_from_subversion/
> plugins/
> plugin_project_that_came_from_subversion/
> /workspace_git
> repo1/
> .git
> project11/
> project12/
> repo2/
> .git
> project21/
> project22/
> This is very useful, since scripts know the relative path from the workspace to the git checkout parent.
>
> However, it all breaks if I change the absolute location, for example by "mv parent parent_old". When I start Eclipse pointing to "parent_old", all the projects in the
> workspace open correctly, but all the projects that were imported from git cannot be opened, since EGit seems to retain the absolute path to the repository.
>
> Is there any way for EGit to use a path relative to the workspace root?

Not at the moment. I suggest you disconnect and reconnect.
I thought moving a workspace was not possible. Maybe it was, but now is.

-- robin

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Re: Is a relative path to git repository possible? [message #874649 is a reply to message #872981]

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:10

Matthew Webber

Messages: 198
Registered: December 2010

Senior Member

>> I thought moving a workspace was not possible.
You can move the workspace, but it looks like EGit projects use an absolute path.

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Re: Is a relative path to git repository possible? [message #1031375 is a reply to message #871513]

Mon, 01 April 2013 16:44

Hunter Morgan

Messages: 2
Registered: April 2013

Junior Member

So, interesting story. If you add a relative path for a git repo to eclipse/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.eclipse.egit.core.prefs (msys/cygwin path, so /'s) such as .\\git\\asdf2\\.git; (windows path, so \'s), you're in business. You just can't add or create through the gui. I'm not sure if there is any other manipulation or operation through the gui that deals with this seemingly-bogus absolute path check that may break by using this.

so the org.eclipse.egit.core.prefs file looks like this:
GitRepositoriesView.GitDirectories=C\:\\Users\\7student\\Desktop\\git test yard\\repo1\\.git;C\:\\Users\\7student\\Desktop\\git test yard\\asdf\\.git;.\\git\\as
df2\\.git;
RepositorySearchDialogSearchPath=C\:\\Users\\7student\\Desktop\\git test yard
eclipse.preferences.version=1

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Re: Is a relative path to git repository possible? [message #1031408 is a reply to message #874649]

Mon, 01 April 2013 17:58

Hunter Morgan

Messages: 2
Registered: April 2013

Junior Member

Ok, so Eclipse throws a fit when you try and share projects into a git repo with relative paths. So right now, being able to work on relative path defined git repo's works in EGit(it looks like) but working on projects in them is broken.

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