        == Java GIT and Eclipse GIT plugin ==

Parts of this package are licensed under the BSD, and others are licensed under the EPL. Please refer to the COPYING and LICENSE files for the complete licenses within each package, and please refer to the individual source file header to determine which license covers it.

This package is actually composed of three major components plus three for packaging.

org.spearce.jgit/

A pure Java library capable of being run standalone, with no
additional support libraries.  Some JUnit tests are provided
to exercise the library.  The library provides functions to
read and write a GIT formatted repository.

All portions of jgit are covered by the BSD.  Absolutely no GPL,
LGPL or EPL contributions are accepted within this package.

org.spearce.jgit.test/ Unit tests for org.spearce.jgit and the same licensing rules.

org.spearce.egit.core/

An Eclipse plugin providing an interface to org.spearce.jgit
and support routines to allow processing against the Eclipse
workspace and resource APIs, rather than the standard Java
file APIs.  It also supplies the team provider implementation.
Everything here is EPL.

org.spearce.egit.ui/

An Eclipse plugin providing the user interface on top of
org.spearce.egit.core.

Everything here is EPL.

org.spearce.egit.core.test/

Unit tests for org.spearce.egit.core.

Everything here is EPL.

org.spearce.egit/

A plugin for packaging

Everything here is EPL.

org.spearce.egit-feature

Also packaging. This project is for building an Eclipse "feature"
out of the plugins above.

Everything here is EPL.

org.spearce.egit-updatesite/

This package is for producing and update site, i.e. a web site
you can point your eclipse at and just upgrade.

Everything here is EPL.

        == WARNINGS / CAVEATS              ==

Symbolic links are not supported because java does not support it. Such links could be damaged.
Only the timestamp of the index is used by jgit check if the index is dirty.
Don't try the plugin with a JDK other than 1.6 (Java 6) unless you are prepared to investigate problems yourself. JDK 1.5.0_11 and later Java 5 versions may work. Earlier versions do not. JDK 1.4 is not supported. Apple's Java 1.5.0_07 is reported to work acceptably. We have no information about other vendors. Please report your findings if you try.
CRLF conversion is never performed. On Windows you should thereforc make sure your projects and workspaces are configured to save files with Unix (LF) line endings.
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      == COMPATIBILITY                   ==
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Eclipse 3.4 is the minimum Eclipse version.
Newer version of EGit/JGit may implement new functionality, remove existing functions and change others without other notice than what is written in the commit log and source files themselves.
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      == Package Features                ==
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org.spearce.jgit/
- Read loose and packed commits, trees, blobs, including deltafied objects.
- Read objects from shared repositories
- Write loose commits, trees, blobs.
- Write blobs from local files or Java InputStreams.
- Read blobs as Java InputStreams.
- Copy trees to local directory, or local directory to a tree.
- Lazily loads objects as necessary.
- Read and write .git/config files.
- Create a new repository.
- Read and write refs, including walking through symrefs.
- Read, update and write the Git index.
- Checkout in dirty working directory if trivial.
- Walk the history from a given set of commits looking for commits introducing changes in files under a specified path.
- Object transport Fetch via ssh, git, http, Amazon S3 and bundles. Push via ssh, git and Amazon S3. JGit does not yet deltify the pushed packs so they may be a lot larger than C Git packs.
org.spearce.jgit.pgm
- Assorted set of command line utilities. Mostly for ad-hoc testing of jgit log, glog, fetch etc.
org.spearce.egit.core/
- Supplies an Eclipse team provider.
- Connect/disconnect the provider to a project.
- Search for the repositories associated with a project by autodetecting the GIT repository directories.
- Store which repositories are tied to which containers in the Eclipse workspace.
- Tracks moves/renames/deletes and reflects them in the cache tree.
- Resolves through linked containers.
org.spearce.egit.ui/
- Connect team provider wizard panels.
- Connect to GIT team provider by making a new repository.
- Connect to GIT team provider by searching local filesystem for existing repository directories.
- Team actions: track (add), untrack (remove), disconnect, show history, compare version.
- Resource decorator shows file/directory state in the package explorer and other views.
- Creating new commits or amending commits.
- Graphical history viewer with the ability to compare versions using eclipse built-in compare editor.
- Clone, push, fetch
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 == Missing Features                ==
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There are a lot of missing features. You need the real Git for this. For some operations it may just be the preferred solution also. There are not just a command line, there is e.g. git-gui that makes committing partial files simple.

Merging.
Repacking from within the plugin.
Generate a GIT format patch.
Apply a GIT format patch.
Documentation. :-)
gitattributes support In particular CRLF conversion is not implemented. Files are treated as byte sequences.
submodule support Submodules are not supported or even recognized.
The Eclipse plugin cannot handle files outside any Eclipse project. You need commit changes to such files outside of Eclipse.
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      == Support                         ==
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Post question, comments or patches to the git@vger.kernel.org mailing list.
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      == Contributing                    ==
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See SUBMITTING_PATCHES in this directory. However, feedback and bug reports are also contributions.
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      == About GIT                       ==
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More information about GIT, its repository format, and the canonical C based implementation can be obtained from the GIT websites:

http://git.or.cz/ http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/

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