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Eclipse without "projects"

 
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Hi guys : I have an external source repo. How can I use eclipse as my editor for the repo ?

I don't want to import it into eclipse as a "project" ---- it is in an outside directory under git version control, and I want to continue using my git commit/checkout from the command line.
 
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In Eclipse create a project in the base directory of the git repo. Use a general Java project. Unless you use ant or maven to build to build the code, in which case importing the ant or maven build script would be best. In either case identify the git repo base directory as the Eclipse project's base dirctory.

BTW, the git plugin for Eclipse is fairly handy for managing a git repo, but I sympathize with your desire to continue using git from the command line.
 
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Im not a command line jockey.... Its just The git plugin didn't work for me.

What version of eclipse does it work on and what is the name of the plugin you used? Was it EGit?
 
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Git! Shudder!
I was forced to use it once in the past. Used Egit with Helios. I referred to this while setting it up http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#Starting_from_existing_Git_Repositories
 
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