EGit GitHub Connector is an Eclipse plugin for working with Git repositories hosted on Github. It is based on the JGit library, which is a Git implementation in pure Java, and integrates with EGit, which is the Eclipse Git Team Provider, and uses the Mylyn framework.
This package is licensed under the EPL 2.0 . Please refer to the LICENSE file
for the complete license.
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In general, EGit supports at least the latest two Eclipse releases. For details, please see https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/FAQ
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Newer version of EGit may implement new functionality, remove existing functions and change others without other notice than what is written in the commit log and source files themselves.
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The EGit GitHub Connector uses the GitHub REST API v3.
Install the EGit GitHub Connector into Eclipse from the official update sites:
- Latest released version
- Nightly build (requires the EGit Nightly build, too)
See also the EGit Downloads web page.
On-line documentation is available, and is also available in the Eclipse Help when the feature is installed.
Post questions or comments to the [email protected] mailing list. You need to be subscribed to post.
Bugs are tracked in Bugzilla. Create new bugs here.
This project does not use pull requests. Pull requests to this GitHub repository will be ignored.
Push patches to Gerrit at https://git.eclipse.org/r/egit/egit-github as explained in the EGit Contributor Guide.
More information about Git, its repository format, and the canonical C based implementation can be obtained from the Git website.