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Possible to use Egit on legacy code without .project. .cproject [message #1711386]

Thu, 15 October 2015 13:05

Seb Gauthier

Messages: 2
Registered: October 2015

Junior Member

Why do Egit prevent you from importing code from a repository if it doesn't include . project ? Is there a way arounf this constraint ?

I'm trying to import legacy code thar was recently moved from CVS to Git and it wasn't a problem before. Why does Egit lack this flexibility/feature ?

Also, I'll be porting this code to linux as my other colleagues are developping from Windows, I'm now realizing that we don't even have compatible .project/.cproject files, so adding the project files to git are not an option.

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Re: Possible to use Egit on legacy code without .project. .cproject [message #1711389 is a reply to message #1711386]

Thu, 15 October 2015 13:26

Matthias Sohn

Messages: 1268
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Eclipse platform requires a .project file to import files into the workbench. EGit allows to add repositories which don't contain .project files but you have to create them in order to import them into the Eclipse workbench. This can be done using the following commands:

from (Project, Package, ...) explorer views
- Import... > Git > Projects from Git
- Import... > Git > Projects from Git (with smart import) if you installed the experimental feature "Git Team Provider - experimental auto-import (Incubation)"
from Git repositories view:
- add or clone repository
- then select the repository node and click "Import projects"

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Re: Possible to use Egit on legacy code without .project. .cproject [message #1711537 is a reply to message #1711389]

Fri, 16 October 2015 19:07

Seb Gauthier

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Registered: October 2015

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Where can I get this Git Team Provider - experimental auto-import (Incubation) ? It's sure worth testing it

Thanks

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Re: Possible to use Egit on legacy code without .project. .cproject [message #1713260 is a reply to message #1711537]

Mon, 02 November 2015 20:13

Matthias Sohn

Messages: 1268
Registered: July 2009

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You can install it from our update sites:

http://download.eclipse.org/egit/updates (latest release)
http://download.eclipse.org/egit/updates-nightly (latest build from master branch)

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Re: Possible to use Egit on legacy code without .project. .cproject [message #1729737 is a reply to message #1713260]

Mon, 18 April 2016 15:28

Gopal Gupta

Messages: 1
Registered: April 2016

Junior Member

Hi, I am trying to install "Git Team Provider - experimental auto-import (Incubation)" but it is giving me following error :

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: Git Team Provider - experimental auto-import (Incubation) 4.3.0.201604071810-r (org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer 4.3.0.201604071810-r)
Missing requirement: Import framework 0.2.0.v20151123-1229 (org.eclipse.e4.ui.importer 0.2.0.v20151123-1229) requires 'bundle org.eclipse.core.jobs 3.7.0' but it could not be found
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Git Team Provider - experimental auto-import (Incubation) 4.3.0.201604071810-r (org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer 4.3.0.201604071810-r)
To: bundle org.eclipse.e4.ui.importer 0.1.0

Please let me know how can I install it. I have already tried the following URLs:
http://download.eclipse.org/egit/updates
http://download.eclipse.org/egit/updatesnightly

Thanks
GG

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