Getting a functioning Egit plugin

by jenny on 07 January 2010 - 06:56pm in

Download Eclipse for PHP Developers, version 3.5.1 (Galileo)
Go to Java > Installed JREs and make sure a version 1.5.0_11 or later is available (it doesn't have to be the checked one)
Install the egit plugin
- Go to Preferences -> Install/Update -> Available Software Sites and add:
  - Name: JGit
  - Location: http://www.jgit.org/updates
- Go to Help -> Install New Software, select JGit, and check Eclipe Git Plugin
- Continue through prompts to finish installation
Clone or create a git repository inside your workspace using your favorite tool
- This can be done with eclipse by going to File -> Import -> Git Repository
Unless your repository was already an eclipse project and contained a .project file, create a new eclipse project
- Go to File -> New PHP Project
- Keep the default selection "Create new project in workspace"
- Make sure that the directory name of your git repository matches what you enter for Project name
Finally, enable git features on the new project
- Right click on the project, go to Team -> Share Project, and select Git
- Select the current project and path as the repository location
At this point, right-clicking on a file in your project and choosing Team should show relevant git commands