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Bug 349404

Summary:	Directory XXX is not empty when creating new git repo
Product:	[Technology] EGit	Reporter:	Afriza N. Arief <afriza.na>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Project Inbox <egit.ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	afriza.na, matthias.sohn, niks, robin.rosenberg
Version:	0.12
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Afriza N. Arief

2011-06-15 03:18:22 EDT

Hi,

I have existing code and want to start tracking using EGit/JGit. When I tried to create a new git repo, I cannot continue because there is an error message "Directory XXX is not empty".

I think creating repo in a non-empty directory should be allowed as it is normally done in command line:

git init
git add .
git commit -m"Import existing code"

The checking should instead check whether the selected directory is already a git repo.

Regards,

Comment 1 Robin Rosenberg

2011-06-19 16:38:01 EDT

You need to give more detail as it seems your procedure is what everybody else
does, and it works for us.

Comment 2 Afriza N. Arief

2011-06-19 22:46:03 EDT

See the following youtube video for illustration of the problem for possible enhancement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNJNhcbCMLo

Comment 3 Afriza N. Arief

2011-06-20 02:01:36 EDT

Please see the following youtube video for illustration of the problem for possible
enhancement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btWjWXq2sz8

Comment 4 Michael Schnell

2013-03-20 03:32:40 EDT

Instead of using the repository view to create the repository in the folder of the project, you could/should just use the "Share with git" wizard from the projects context menu.

* Context menu "Team" -> "Share Project..."
* Select "Git" and click "Next"
* Then select "Use or create repository in parent folder of project" which is exactly what you want to archive
* Select the project location
* Click "Create Repository", which creates the repository immediately

Using this wizard has also the advantage that EGit automatically knows that the project is shared using git. Otherwise you would have to use the "Share Project..." action and select the existing repository anyway.

Comment 5 Matthias Sohn

2013-03-21 04:14:21 EDT

(In reply to comment #4)
> Instead of using the repository view to create the repository in the folder
> of the project, you could/should just use the "Share with git" wizard from
> the projects context menu.
> 
> * Context menu "Team" -> "Share Project..."
> * Select "Git" and click "Next"
> * Then select "Use or create repository in parent folder of project" which
> is exactly what you want to archive
> * Select the project location
> * Click "Create Repository", which creates the repository immediately
> 
> Using this wizard has also the advantage that EGit automatically knows that
> the project is shared using git. Otherwise you would have to use the "Share
> Project..." action and select the existing repository anyway.

exactly, this is the way how team providers connect an existing project to a repository