Setting up Git user preference in eclipse:
- Select Window > Preferences > Team > Git > Configuration to set them up
- To add your user, use the user.name as key and your real name as value
- Repeat the procedure for your email address: user.email
To create a local Git repository:
- Right click on the project and go to Team > Share Project
- In the "Configure Git Repository" dialog box, selct the "Create" button to create a new repository
- Provide a Name for the project repository (could be same as the project-name itself). Click on Finish
- Click Finish in the original dialog box
To commit the whole project, folder or a single file:
- Right click on the resource to be committed and press commit
- In the Commit dialog box that opens, enter a sensible commit message. Choose the file/s to be committed
- Press "Commit" button to commit changes to the local repository. Press "Commit and Push" button to commit changes to the GitHub (or any permanent) repository
- You can also open the "Git Staging" view and take a look at all the "Unstaged Changes" area
- Drag and drop the files (to be committed to local repo.) to the "Staged Changes" area
- Type in a commit message in the "Commit Message" area. Press one of "Commit" or "Commit and Push" buttons to commit the file/s
To upload a project to GITHub repository:
- Open "Git repositories" view in eclipse
- Right click on the project (in Git repositories tab) to be uploaded to Git Hub and select the "Push" option
- In the dialog box that opens, enter the git hub URI of your repository. The Rest of the the entries would be filled up by eclipse itself. Click Next
- In Source Ref chose the master [branch] option from the drop down. Click the Add Spec button
- Click Next to press finish or press finish directly
- The project would get upload to GitHub. Check GitHub repository to ensure this has happened
Reference:
I followed this excellent article by Lars Vogel.
http://www.vogella.com/articles/EGit/article.html
- Select Window > Preferences > Team > Git > Configuration to set them up
- To add your user, use the user.name as key and your real name as value
- Repeat the procedure for your email address: user.email
To create a local Git repository:
- Right click on the project and go to Team > Share Project
- In the "Configure Git Repository" dialog box, selct the "Create" button to create a new repository
- Provide a Name for the project repository (could be same as the project-name itself). Click on Finish
- Click Finish in the original dialog box
To commit the whole project, folder or a single file:
- Right click on the resource to be committed and press commit
- In the Commit dialog box that opens, enter a sensible commit message. Choose the file/s to be committed
- Press "Commit" button to commit changes to the local repository. Press "Commit and Push" button to commit changes to the GitHub (or any permanent) repository
- You can also open the "Git Staging" view and take a look at all the "Unstaged Changes" area
- Drag and drop the files (to be committed to local repo.) to the "Staged Changes" area
- Type in a commit message in the "Commit Message" area. Press one of "Commit" or "Commit and Push" buttons to commit the file/s
To upload a project to GITHub repository:
- Open "Git repositories" view in eclipse
- Right click on the project (in Git repositories tab) to be uploaded to Git Hub and select the "Push" option
- In the dialog box that opens, enter the git hub URI of your repository. The Rest of the the entries would be filled up by eclipse itself. Click Next
- In Source Ref chose the master [branch] option from the drop down. Click the Add Spec button
- Click Next to press finish or press finish directly
- The project would get upload to GitHub. Check GitHub repository to ensure this has happened
Reference:
I followed this excellent article by Lars Vogel.
http://www.vogella.com/articles/EGit/article.html
