Question

I need help using Egit (Eclipse git integration capabilities). My goal is to have Hibernate sources in my local Eclipse. Eventually I aim for running their tests, doing some changes in the sources, issuing a git pull request (patch), etc.

Can someone explain how to clone Hibernate sources and have them as Java Project(s) in Eclipse?

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All I can achieve myself is to have the sources cloned (as needed) to some specified path (the suggested path is outside of the workspace directory). Then I am puzzled trying to convert the structure into Java projects in Eclipse. I try different ways to import the project(s) using File | Import (e.g. Existing projects into workspace) or linking sources into a new created Java project. The problem seems to be the Hibernate sources are not a single maven project (not quite sure about this one either, I am new to maven) and probably not an Eclipse project at all, so Eclipse doesn’t recognize the source structure at all.

Answer 1

It looks like it has both maven and ant builds, so you can generate Eclipse projects with both of these.

For maven you have 2 options:

1. Run mvn eclipse:eclipse to generate
   eclipse project artifacts and then
   import existing projects.
2. Install m2Eclipse and import Existing Maven
   Project. This is the preferred
   approach when working with Maven and
   Eclipse.

For ant, New project->Java Project from Existing Ant Buildfile