Importing a GitHub project into Eclipse

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I ve imported a GitHub project but how do I setup the project in my Eclipse project workspace   Do I need to set the GitHub working directory c  users  to my Eclipse working directory c  Projects  prior to checking out the project      Edited     My working directory is now c  users projectname  git So then I try to import the project using the eclipse  import  option  When I try to import selecting the option  Use the new projects wizard  the source code is not imported  if I import selecting the option  Import as general project  the source code is imported but the created project created by Eclipse is not a java project  When selecting the option  Use the new projects wizard  and creating a new java project using the wizard should nt the code be automatically imported

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Using the command line is an option  and would remove the need for an Eclipse Plugin  First  create a directory to hold the project   mkdir myGitRepo cd myGitRepo   Clone the desired repository in the directory you just created   git clone https   github com JonasHelming gitTutorial git   Then open Eclipse and select the directory you created  myGitRepo  as the Eclipse Workspace   Don t worry that the Project Explorer is empty  Eclipse can t recognize the source files yet   Lastly  create a new Java project with the exact same name as the project you pulled  In this case  it was  gitTutorial    File - gt  New - gt  Java Project   At this point  the project s sub directories should contain the files pulled from Github  Take a look at the following post in my blog for a more detailed explanation   http   brianredd com application pull-java-project-from-github

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As mentioned in Alain Beauvois s answer  and now  Q4 2013  better explained in    Eclipse for GitHub EGit 3 x manual  section  Starting from existing Git Repositories   Eclipse with GitHub EGit tutorial      Copy the URL from GitHub and select in Eclipse from the menu the    File   Import   Git   Projects from Git       If the Git repo isn t cloned yet   In   order to checkout a remote project  you will have to clone its repository first  Open the Eclipse Import wizard  e g  File   gt  Import   select Git   gt  Projects from Git and click Next  Select    URI    and click Next  Now you will have to enter the repository   s location and connection data  Entering the URI will automatically fill some fields  Complete any other required fields and hit Next  If you use GitHub  you can copy the URI from the web page      Select all branches you wish to clone and hit Next again       Hit the Clone    button to open another wizard for cloning Git repositories        Original answer  July 2011   First  if your  Working Directory  is C  Users  that is odd  since it would mean you have cloned the GitHub repo directly within C  Users  i e  you have a  git directory in C  Users   Usually  you would clone a GitHub repo in  any directory of your choice theGitHubRepoName    As described in the EGit user Manual page      In any case  unless you create a  bare  Repository  but that s not discussed here   the new Repository is essentially a folder on the local hard disk which contains the  working directory  and the metadata folder    The metadata folder is a dedicated child folder named   git  and often referred to as   git-folder   It contains the actual repository  i e  the Commits  the References  the logs and such        The metadata folder is totally transparent to the Git client  while the working directory is used to expose the currently checked out Repository content as files for tools and editors       Typically  if these files are to be used in Eclipse  they must be imported into the Eclipse workspace in one way or another  In order to do so  the easiest way would be to check in  project files from which the  Import Existing Projects  wizard can create the projects easily  Thus in most cases  the structure of a Repository containing Eclipse projects would look similar to something like this     See also the Using EGit with Github section        My working directory is now c  users projectname  git    You should have the content of that repo checked out in c  users projectname  in other words  you should have more than just the  git       So then I try to import the project using the eclipse  import  option    When I try to import selecting the option  Use the new projects wizard   the source code is not imported    That is normal      If I import selecting the option  Import as general project  the source code is imported but the created project created by Eclipse is not a java project     Again normal      When selecting the option  Use the new projects wizard  and creating a new java project using the wizard should nt the code be automatically imported     No  that would only create an empty project  If that project is created in c  users projectname  you can then declare the eisting source directory in that project  Since it is defined in the same working directory than the Git repo  that project should then appear as  versioned    You could also use the  Import existing project  option  if your GitHub repo had versioned the  project and  classpath file  but that may not be the case here

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unanswered core problem persists   My working directory is now c  users projectname git So then I try to import the project using the eclipse  quot import quot  option  When I try to import selecting the option  quot Use the new projects wizard quot  the source code is not imported  if I import selecting the option  quot Import as general project quot  the source code is imported but the created project created by Eclipse is not a java project  When selecting the option  quot Use the new projects wizard quot  and creating a new java project using the wizard should nt the code be automatically imported    Yes it should  It s a bug  Reported here  Here is a workaround   Import as general project  Notice the imported data is no valid Eclipse project  no build path available   Open the  project xml file in the project folder in Eclipse  If you can t see this file  see How can I get Eclipse to show    files    Go to source tab    Search for  lt natures gt  lt  natures gt  and change it to  lt natures gt  lt nature gt org eclipse jdt core javanature lt  nature gt  lt  natures gt  and save the file   idea comes from here   Right click the src folder  go to Build Path    and click Use as Source Folder   After that  you should be able to run  amp  debug the project  and also use team actions via right-click in the package explorer  If you still have troubles running the project  something like  quot main class not found quot    make sure the  lt buildSpec gt  inside the  project file is set  as described here    lt buildSpec gt       lt buildCommand gt           lt name gt org eclipse jdt core javabuilder lt  name gt           lt arguments gt           lt  arguments gt       lt  buildCommand gt   lt  buildSpec gt

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With the last ADT  you can import Github project using Eclipse     File -  Import -  Git -  Projects From Git   URI Enter the Github repository url Select the branch

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I think you need to create a branch before you can import into your local Eclipse  otherwise  there is an error leading to incapable of importing repository from Github or Bitbucket

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I encountered the same problem  and finally found a way    Add or create git repository in git view  Click new java project menu  uncheck  use default location   select the git repo location  click finish    Ecplise Version  Mars 2 Release  4 5 2

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It can be done in two ways   1 Use clone Git  2 You can set it up manually by rearranging folders given in it  make a two separate folder  src  and  res  and place appropriate classes and xml file given by library  and then import project from eclipse and make it as library  that s it

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When the local git projects are cloned in eclipse and are viewable in git perspective but not in package explorer  workspace   the following steps worked for me    Select the repository in git perspective Right click and select import projects

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