Git “NO-HEAD” statement
It can simply mean that, until you make your first add and first commit, you have no branch (not even a master one), hence no HEAD referencing any branch. See more in “Why do I need to explicitly push a new branch?”.
egit
EGit requires org.eclipse.team.core
The “EGit Import Support” feature requires Eclipse 3.8, 4.2 or higher. Just deselect the checkbox, and installing should work. See here about the feature: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/New_and_Noteworthy/2.0#Support_for_Eclipse-SourceReferences_manifest_headers
Eclipse project-wide error: Warning: The environment variable HOME is not set. The following directory will be used to store the Git
The other answers don’t contemplate that if you don’t use Git, then you can entirely ignore this warning, along with the “EGit could not detect” one. But I know… obsessive minds can’t just ignore… they NEED to fix it anyway, right? Then proceed: Go to “Window –> Preferences” menu Expand: “Version Control (Team) –> Git … Read more
Can EGit (Eclipse git plugin) use an SSH key instead of a username and password?
Yes, the configuration is picked up from the Eclipse preferences, as noted in the EGit user guide
How can you unstash changes using EGit?
EGit 3.5 and later In EGit 3.5 and later, there is a menu called Stashes in the Team context menu. It provides an action to stash changes and also lists any existing stashes. The same menu is also available as a toolbar icon and in the Git Repositories view: Selecting an existing stash from the … Read more
Eclipse EGit with dark background, still has black text
You need to edit the Eclipse Theme. Go to Window -> Preferences -> Appearance > Colors and Fonts. Search by Uncommitted Change (Foreground), edit and choose your preferred color.
What does the option “Auto share projects located in git repository” of EGit mean?
In Short: Yes the option is necessary, otherwise you will have to manually share the project with the repository it belongs to. The option Auto share projects located in Git repository usually saves you the extra step of sharing the created or imported project with a repository. A project that belongs to a certain repository … Read more
In Eclipse/EGit is there a way to edit commit message of unpushed/local commit?
That would be the “Amending Commits” section of the EGit User Guide: open the Staging View or Commit Dialog again and select the option Amend previous commit in the toolbar. See also this tutorial: Git amend allows to adjust the last commit. For example you can change the commit message. The Git Staging view allows … Read more
What’s the difference between “Push…” and “Push to upstream…” in Eclipse
Push to Upstream.. pushes your branch as you would expect for a remote-tracking branch. Push… opens a dialog and lets you specify which refspecs you should push up, including tags, special cases like HEAD:refs/heads/master, etc. That it doesn’t update origin/master seems like a bug to me, or maybe they’re waiting for the next fetch to … Read more
Bitbucket – Push project files to an empty Git repository
First, make sure you already installed EGit or other git control plugins on your Eclipse. Second, add Git Source Control to your existing Android Eclipse Project (local) and create a local Git Repository for the Project, by following the steps below: (or check this video) right click your project -> Team -> share project check … Read more