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If I hit commit, only a "git staging" view is opened in eclipse [message #1730551]

Tue, 26 April 2016 15:45

Cristian Falcas

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Registered: April 2016

Junior Member

I updated my eclipse installation and ever since I can't manage to do any commits.

When I try to commit by clicking "Commit..." from the menu, only a git staging view is opened.

If I click here on "Commit and Push...", I get an error message: "There are no staged files".

Is there any possibility to revert to the old window when committing?

Or help me to do proper commits from here Smile

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Re: If I hit commit, only a "git staging" view is opened in eclipse [message #1730579 is a reply to message #1730551]

Tue, 26 April 2016 21:04

Matthias Sohn

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Registered: July 2009

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The default for committing is now the staging view, first stage the files you want to commit
via drag&drop to the staged changes pane and then hit the commit or commit&push button.

You can switch back to the commit dialog here
"Preferences > Team > Git > Committing > Use Staging View to commit instead of Commit Dialog"

Note that we plan to remove the commit dialog in a later version.

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Re: If I hit commit, only a "git staging" view is opened in eclipse [message #1730624 is a reply to message #1730579]

Wed, 27 April 2016 08:13

Cristian Falcas

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Thank you very much.

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Re: If I hit commit, only a "git staging" view is opened in eclipse [message #1740080 is a reply to message #1730551]

Tue, 09 August 2016 05:58

Ryan How

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Registered: July 2012

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Just as a note: I like the old commit dialog better. Mainly the checkboxes. And I find the new one a bit glitchy. Sometimes I try to stage files and instead they open in an external editor.

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Re: If I hit commit, only a "git staging" view is opened in eclipse [message #1740401 is a reply to message #1740080]

Fri, 12 August 2016 14:23

Matthias Sohn

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Registered: July 2009

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They may open in an external editor on double click if
* the file type isn't associated to an editor in Eclipse
* and the file type is associated to an external editor in the operating system
* and the "Compare Mode" in the staging view is off

File type associations can be configured in "Preferences > General > Editor > File Associations"

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Re: If I hit commit, only a "git staging" view is opened in eclipse [message #1740414 is a reply to message #1740401]

Fri, 12 August 2016 15:36

Ryan How

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Registered: July 2012

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Thanks. I figured that. I just still find it unintuitive. The default action is to open files and then dragging to stage. There isn't a "Move All" button?. I have to shift click and drag.

And it opens in a tab for me, and the tab doesn't seem to become active when I click commit. So I end up going to have to hunt for it (Not sure if that's a bug or by design).

It's almost to the point for me personally to move to using an external tool for commits. I know the old dialog can be re-instated, but I think it the staging view needs some usability improvements before removing the old dialog.

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