Difference between revisions of "Development Resources/How to Use Eclipse Copyright Tool"

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Install the org.eclipse.releng.tools plugin to Eclipse

You can use the standard software installer ("Help > Install New Software...") to add the Eclipse Project's Releng Tools to your Eclipse configuration. Usually the depicted updatesite is part of the default ones, but you also may copy this https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.19 one here. Adjust the number "4.19" to the number matching your Eclipse release version.

Configuration of Eclipse copyright tool

The Copyright Tool is configured using the preferences.

If you're not sure what to put here, please see the Default Copyright and License Notice.

Use Eclipse copyright tool

Once installed and configured, the Copyright tool can accessed via context menu on a project.

More Information

More information about the Eclipse Project's Release Engineering Tools can be found in the Platform Releng FAQ.

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-====Install the org.eclipse.releng.tools plugin to eClipse ====
+==Install the org.eclipse.releng.tools plugin to Eclipse ==
-Take the plugin from eClipse repository like the documentation [[Eclipse_copyright_tool]] described:
+You can use the standard software installer ("Help > Install New Software...") to add the Eclipse Project's Releng Tools to your Eclipse configuration.
-* use the CVS plugin of eClipse to checkout the org.eclipse.releng.tools into your workspace
+Usually the depicted updatesite is part of the default ones, but you also may copy this https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.19 one here.
-* you can use Windows - preference - CVS - CVS Repositories
+Adjust the number "4.19" to the number matching your Eclipse release version.
-** Host: dev.eclipse.org
-** Repository: /cvsroot/eclipse
+[[Image:Copyrighttool-installation419.png]]
-* click on versions and look for org.eclipse.releng.tools-bundle
-* pick out the bundle version of your eClipse version e. g. org.eclipse.releng.tools R3_3_1_1
+==Configuration of Eclipse copyright tool ==
-* choose check out to import the bundle into your workspace
+The Copyright Tool is configured using the preferences.
-To install this plugin to eClipse you have to export this bundle into the plugins-folder of eClipse:
-* right click on bundle and export
-* choose plugin-development and then Deployable plug-ins and fragments
-* choose the plugins subfolder of your eClipse folder
-* this exports a file like 'org.eclipse.releng.tools_3.3.0.200809301227.jar' into this plugin folder
-* restart your eClipse workspace
-====Configuration of Eclipse copyright tool ====
 [[Image:Copyrighttool.jpg]]
-* the listbox 'copyright template' takes a fix header for your java files
-* you can declare a creation and revision year
+If you're not sure what to put here, please see the [http://eclipse.org/legal/copyrightandlicensenotice.php Default Copyright and License Notice].
-* you can declare that existing header will be replaced
-* you can declare that properties files like build.properties will be skiped
+==Use Eclipse copyright tool ==
+Once installed and configured, the Copyright tool can accessed via context menu on a project.
+[[Image:Copyrighttool2.jpg]]
+==More Information==
+More information about the Eclipse Project's Release Engineering Tools can be found in the [[Platform-releng-faq#How do I use the releng plugin?|Platform Releng FAQ]].

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