[edt-dev] learning about Git

[Matthew Heitz <mheitz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

As you know, the committers and contributors
to EDT must learn how to use Git.  I'm writing this note to start
the education process.

First of all, I should say that I'm
not an expert on Git.  I know only a little more than you -- even
if you don't know anything at all!  So let's help each other by sharing
questions, answers, and suggestions on this mailing list.

My first impression of Git is that it's
more like Rational Team Concert than CVS.  If you already know how
to use RTC than many things in Git will look familiar.

There are many web pages that tell you
how to use Git.  Most of them talk about Git's command-line interface,
but we'll be using EGit: the Eclipse tooling for Git.  After installing
and setting up EGit, you can work with Git through the Team menu, just
as you've been doing with CVS.

I think this page http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Git_For_Eclipse_Users
is the best place to start learning.  Next, look at http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide.
 It's a complete reference to EGit, so you probably don't need to
read it all, but I recommend going through its tutorials.  Another
useful page is http://stackoverflow.com/questions/802573/difference-between-git-and-cvs
 It lists many differences between CVS and Git.

You can install EGit from the update
site at http://download.eclipse.org/egit/updates
 Install the item called "Eclipse EGit".  Version 2.0
is the latest release.

Eclipse makes a read-only Git repository
of every CVS repository.  Ours is git://dev.eclipse.org/org.eclipse.edt/org.eclipse.edt.git
 This is *NOT* the repository we'll use after the migration from CVS.

-Matt

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Matt Heitz
Developer, Eclipse EGL Development Tools and IBM Rational Business Developer
http://www.eclipse.org/edt/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/rbde/