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Bug 369089

Summary:	Simplify the "create & share project" process
Product:	[Technology] EGit	Reporter:	James Moger <james.moger>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Project Inbox <egit.ui-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description James Moger

2012-01-19 09:48:56 EST

Build Identifier: 

It is pretty clunky to create a project and initialize/share it as a Git repository.  This is due to the design choice of forcing projects to be within a git repository rather than at the root of a repository (workspace/.git folder issue) which then cascades down to the workspace.  I understand that - especially without complete submodule support.

But it would be great if this process could be streamlined/simplified somehow.  There is an impedance mismatch between Eclipse workspace and EGit repository storage.  Maybe it is just me, but I find I am handicapped when I'm not working with an existing project/repository OR if I wanted to clone a repository locally and with the clone.
EGit's preferred layout:

Maybe a solution would be to offer a "Git Init" context menu item to create .git within the project.  Or maybe EGit should have a "Create Git project" wizard or be able to plug something into the Eclipse Create Project wizard.

Reproducible: Always