Adding a project to Git

Git is a distributed repository. Unlike some of the other source management systems, Git maintains the complete local repository too. So you can perform activities such as check-out and check-in in the local repository without connecting to any remote repository. When you are ready to move your code to a remote repository, you can connect to it and push your files to the remote repository.

If you are new to Git, take a look at the following documentation and tutorial:
https://git-scm.com/doc and https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/.

To learn how to add a project to Git, let's create a simple Java project in the workspace. Again as in the previous section, what code you write in this project is not important for now:

1. Create a Java class in the project.
2. To add this project to Git, right-click on the project in Package Explorer or Navigator and select Team | Share Project...:

Figure 3.17: Sharing an Eclipse project with Git

1. Select Git and click Next. Check the box Use or create repository in parent folder of project.
2. Select the project (check the box for the project) and click the Create Repository button. Then click Finish:

Figure 3.18: Creating a Git repository for a project

1. This creates a new Git repository in the project folder. Switch to the Git perspective (or open the Git Repositories view from the Window | Show View | Other option) and you should see the project listed in the Git Repositories view (see the following screenshot):

Figure 3.19: Git Repositories view