“Invalid project description”, importing from GIT repo problem

Question

After copying my GIT repo from a PC computer onto my MAC, i can\'t seem to import it to an eclipse. Import happens via eGit plugin directly from existing local

Answer 1

Ok, i'll try to sum it up, after I faced similiary problems and wasted some time:

Eclipse Juno /4.2 SR1 (however I think it is a general misunderstanding of how ecplise imports projects)

1. If you want your new project "connected" to git/mercurial, you'll have to clone and import via "Import/Git/Import from Git"
2. The import will fail if your "workspace dir" equals the "local destination dir". A git clone via egit MUST NOT be placed! in the "eclipse workspace dir"!

The project import will fail because the projectname in the cloned ".project file" allready exists in the eclipse workspace dir when the import occurs.

Hope this saves some time.