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author | Matthias Sohn | 2015-01-27 00:10:13 +0000 |
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committer | Matthias Sohn | 2015-02-10 13:52:07 +0000 |
commit | c94082c8aa85ec354e673a1e0fb0e2b5cdc9f2f2 (patch) | |
tree | 3ed029254df5a22298b504bf606193588e95db49 /EGIT_INSTALL | |
parent | 8820b8acd84c3967b79fd6c01f1615aaeca18901 (diff) | |
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Set minimum required Java version to Java 7
Also update the installation instructions.
Bug: 458476
Change-Id: I7a2b20bb7d5ec71d63feeb068078bc4a94fa2f24
Signed-off-by: Matthias Sohn <matthias.sohn@sap.com>
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/EGIT_INSTALL b/EGIT_INSTALL index 2697a8a926..b5ab57bd62 100644 --- a/EGIT_INSTALL +++ b/EGIT_INSTALL @@ -1,18 +1,14 @@ - EGit Installation +EGit Installation PREREQUISITES In order to install the Git Eclipse plugin you need to have the following things. -- Eclipse version 3.5 (Ganymede) or 3.6 (Helios) +- Eclipse version 3.8.2/4.2.2 or newer -- Java 6. Java 1.5.0_11 and later seems to work. The reason is that - the garbage collection does not do a good enough job when using memory - mapped files. The sources can be hacked to used non-mapped files but - that is very slow. JDK 1.4.x is *not* supported at all and JDK 1.5 is only - supported as long as it works :). +- Since 4.0 JGit and EGit require Java 7. - A reasonably recent version of Git itself installed on your platform to take care of what the plugin does not yet do or do things that native @@ -25,26 +21,16 @@ AUTOMATED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS -- Delete any old versions of the plugin in the <eclipse-path>/plugins/org.eclipse.egit.* -- Start eclipse -- Make sure a recent JDK 1.5.0_11 or JDK 1.6.x is among your installed JRE's. Which - one is the default should not matter but Java 6 is recommended. -- Import the egit projects. Make sure there are no compilation errors -- Now you can either export the plugin to a set of jar files to use in an Eclipse - installation or run it from within Eclipse. The latter is for development and - tracking down bugs. -- Export the plugin by selecting the org.eclipse.egit.* packages in package - explorer and choosing File/Export. Then select Deployable plug-ins and - fragments and choose the Next button. Set Directory to the top of your - installation directory (NOT the plugins directory). Select Finish. After - that restart Eclipse. You can associate a project with Eclipse using the - Team>Share menu in the context menu when a project is selected. +- Run the Maven build as described in the contributor guide + https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide#Builds + and install egit from the p2 repository generated by the build at + org.eclipse.egit.repository/target/repository DEBUGGING INSTRUCTIONS - Select the org.eclipse.egit.ui project, and using the context menu select Run As(or Debug As) / Eclipse Application. Make sure the application runs - using JDK 1.6 (or JDK1.5.0_11 or newer) if you have any problems. + using JDK 1.7 or newer. REPORTING BUGS |