[jbosstools-users] JBDS 8 - GIT plugin won't add an existing local repository

[Mickael Istria]

> Well, then you're probably not a GIT practitioner. I am a Git user, but as for any technology or tool, I prefer to keep using efficiently the basics than depending on the more complex usages (that as you can see are often not supported and understood by all people or tools). > you've noticed probably the following statement: It is a good idea to keep your Repository outside of your Eclipse Workspace. This statement is not incompatible with the scenario I mention. The approach recommended by EGit and that we recommend too for JBoss Developer Studio is that project stays out of the workpsace folder, and be imported as remote *references* inside the workpsace (not folder, the concept) instead of copied and included in the workpsace folder. With this, you don't need to have different folders for .git and actual working tree, and everything works fine. For example, if you clone your project with EGit, it will first clone it in your $HOME/git directory by default, and then it will import the content as reference in the workpsace. It doesn't change anything in term of usability compared to having projects in the workspace folder.

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