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Eclipse Indigo - Maven and SVN

With the latest release from Eclipse - Indigo - now Maven is well supported. So it is no longer an ordeal to install maven support and especially svn integration.

To add the Maven with SVN into Indigo it is sufficient to got to "help -> install new software"

There you can select the Indigo plugin repository 'Indigo - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo'

Go to the section 'Collaboration' and select the features "m2e - Maven Integration for Eclispe".

 

Now you have maven support provided by the sonatype plugin "m2Eclipse"

If you need also Subversion support you should add the Subclipse Plugin. (this works in most cases better than the Subversive SVN Team Provider). To add sublicpse to Ecipse Indigo you need to add the following plugin site:

http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x

From this update site you can choose all Sublicpse Plugins to bee installed.

Checking out a Maven Project from a SVN repository

To check out an existing Maven project from an subversion repository you need the additional scm connector. To get this connector installed simply create at first a new project from the 'New Project wizard' - (menue 'File -> new project')

Select the project type : "Maven -> Checkout Maven Projects from SCM":

 

Now you will see the dialog box to select your Target location:

 

The first time you can not choose a valid SCM URL type. You need first to install a SCM Connector for Maven and SVN. Click on the LInk 'm2e Marketplace'

You will see the m2e Marketplace where you can now select the "m2e-sublicpse" or the "m2e-subversive" connector (this depends on the subversion plugin you installed before - as noted here I recommend sublipse instead of subversion! - do not pay attention to the next screen shot!):

 

Note: If you are using a different SCM system you have to select the corresponding connector type

After the Installation finished you can select the SCM URL Type and enter your repository URL:

 

Alternatively you can also checkout a project from the SCM view with the option "checkout as maven project"


Posted at 10:37AM Aug 15, 2011
Posted by: Ralph
Category: General

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Comments:

Thank you for this post and the information. Very helpful. :-)

Posted by Chris on August 16, 2011 at 02:30 PM GMT #

To me it seems still better to install subclipse instead of subversive plugin. See: http://subclipse.tigris.org/

Posted by Ralph on September 02, 2011 at 05:47 PM GMT #

I have to ask... what's easier than before? I could go to Marketplace and install m2e and subclipse (which, I agree with Ralph, is still a superior solution) since forever. So "easier Maven and SVN" is a completely empty statement if you ask me.

Posted by veggen on September 03, 2011 at 07:12 PM GMT #

I do not have the option 'm2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse' at all. I've seen this already reported as a bug on the eclipse.org site, but it's annoying none the less.

Posted by Patrick on September 07, 2011 at 09:57 PM GMT #

@Ralph, I agree with you and @veggen that Subclipse is a much better extension than Subversive. Why not edit to article to replace Subversive with Subclipse? I ask because my colleague was following your example and started using Subversive. He's having trouble, so I recommended Subclipse instead. I think he's resistant, though, because your article recommended Subversive. I think it may be confusing to other readers, too.

Posted by Lance E Sloan on October 14, 2011 at 03:46 PM GMT #

@Lance E Sloan, thanks to your comment. I have edited the article. So we are all agreed that Subclipse is the better choice. (When I wrote the article, I thought Subversive have to give it a try)

Posted by Ralph on October 15, 2011 at 11:09 PM GMT #

I disagree with you on Subclipse/Subversive. I use Subclipse in older versions of Eclipse and Subversive in the newer versions. The user interface from Subversive is more user friendly by detecting the branch/tags/trunk folders where as Subclipse just shows them as lose folders. I have only some trouble with Eclipse 3.2 in combination with subversive what crashes the whole workbench on startup.

Posted by Humphrey on November 24, 2011 at 03:33 AM GMT #

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