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= Differences to Git  =
 
 
 
Main differences between original (command line, C) Git and JGit (EGit).  
 
Main differences between original (command line, C) Git and JGit (EGit).  
  
*JGit does not yet support 'stash'. EGit 1.3 will enable showing stashes. Simple stash/unstash can be handled with an external launcher using command-line Git.  
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*JGit does not support any SVN bridging operations. There is a feature request discussed in [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=315264 bug 315264]. The most common ones (svn rebase, svn fetch, svn dcommit) can be handled with external launchers.  
*JGit does not support any SVN bridging operations and there are no plans to add it. The most common ones (svn rebase, svn fetch, svn dcommit) can be handled with external launchers.  
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*JGit does not support bundles in any way - they can't be created pulled, or queried. There are no current plans to add bundle support.  
 
*JGit does not support bundles in any way - they can't be created pulled, or queried. There are no current plans to add bundle support.  
*The only supported merge strategy is 'resolve'. Since the default strategy in command-line Git is 'recursive' in the most common case (pulling or merging one branch) you might well get different behavior from an egit merge or pull.
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*JGit supports the merge strategies "resolve" and "recursive"
*JGit is also missing support for a number of configuration settings, including most of the ones related to merging. The list of some of them:  
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*JGit is missing support for a number of configuration settings, including most of the ones related to merging. The list of some of them:  
**'core.autocrlf', which is is important for cross-platform development. This is planned for 1.3.
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**'push.default' no supported.
 
**'push.default' no supported.
 
*Hooks are not currently supported.  
 
*Hooks are not currently supported.  
*Submodules are not currently supported. JGit support for submodules is coming in 1.3, EGit 1.3 will partially support submodules.
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*Creation of light-weight and signed tags is not supported ([https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=386908 bug 386908]).
* Creation of light-weight and signed tags is not supported.
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*Creation of  signed commits is not supported ([https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=382212 bug 382212]).
*Aborting an incomplete merge is not supported.
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*When a directory is deleted from the working set, EGit will immediately remove it from the working tree and stage the deletion of the files. If you want to undo this you must manually recreate the deleted directory first. At that point you can use standard egit tools to recover the deleted files. [this one might be obsolete]
*When a directory is deleted from the working set, JGit will immediately remove it from the working tree and stage the deletion of the files. If you want to undo this you must manually recreate the deleted directory first. At that point you can use standard egit tools to recover the deleted files. [this one might be obsolete]
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See also [https://github.com/reshapiro/DVCS/blob/master/git/egit-notes.txt R Shapiro's notes] section 2. JGit and missing features.
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Revision as of 02:36, 15 October 2014

Main differences between original (command line, C) Git and JGit (EGit).

  • JGit does not support any SVN bridging operations. There is a feature request discussed in bug 315264. The most common ones (svn rebase, svn fetch, svn dcommit) can be handled with external launchers.
  • JGit does not support bundles in any way - they can't be created pulled, or queried. There are no current plans to add bundle support.
  • JGit supports the merge strategies "resolve" and "recursive"
  • JGit is missing support for a number of configuration settings, including most of the ones related to merging. The list of some of them:
    • 'push.default' no supported.
  • Hooks are not currently supported.
  • Creation of light-weight and signed tags is not supported (bug 386908).
  • Creation of signed commits is not supported (bug 382212).
  • When a directory is deleted from the working set, EGit will immediately remove it from the working tree and stage the deletion of the files. If you want to undo this you must manually recreate the deleted directory first. At that point you can use standard egit tools to recover the deleted files. [this one might be obsolete]

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