Importing a Maven project into Eclipse from Git

Question

How can I get the effect of choosing to import from both Maven and Git and have Eclipse properly generate my project?

To get my project into Eclipse I can choose Fi

Answer 1

Here's my workaround, this is a solution to these issues:

• You can't install m2e-egit (I get an error in Juno)
• Converting a general project (connected to your Git repository) to a Maven project isn't working for you (The Import Maven Projects step seems essential)
• Importing Maven Projects from your repository on the filesystem isn't showing the project connected to Git.

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1. Setup your Git repository in the Git Repository Exploring perspective.
   • Switch to the Java perspective, Import > Existing Maven Projects
   • Browse to your Git checkout in the filesystem, select the directory containing the pom.xml file. Finish the import; you'll notice these projects aren't connected to Git. :-(
   • Delete these projects, but DO NOT DELETE FROM FILESYSTEM. We don't want our clone deleted; this task also leaves the .project file behind so that we can import in the next step.
2. Go back to the Git Repository Exploring perspective.
   • Right-click your repository, Import Projects...
   • Select Import existing projects
   • In the explorer below, browse to and select the directory containing the pom.xml (and .project file) , then click next.
   • Continue through the wizard.