Eclipse project-wide error: Warning: The environment variable HOME is not set. The following directory will be used to store the Git

Question

Started Eclipse and got this error. How do I fix it?

Warning: The environment variable HOME is not set. The following directory will be used to store the Git         


        

Answer 1

This is a warning because the HOME environment is not defined, whereas EGit (plugin for Git) need it to know where to locate the Git configuration and repository. By default it will use the current user base directory but the risk is that if you have Git installed at a different location, EGit and Git may have different behaviors. If you don't use Git, just deactivate the warning as explained.

Here is the EGit user guide : https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#Setting_up_the_Home_Directory_on_Windows It explains that you have to set the HOME variable with the %USERPROFILE% as value.

You may check that too http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup and Changing .gitconfig location on Windows