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Download and unpack Eclipse latest SDK Kepler build from http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ .
Install m2e 1.4 or newer from http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases .
Clone m2e-core repository. Committers should use ssh://YOUR_COMMITTERID@git.eclipse.org/gitroot/m2e/m2e-core.git. For read-only access use either git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/m2e/m2e-core.git or http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/m2e/m2e-core.git.
Import m2e-core as existing maven project. Follow onscreen instructions, allow m2e to install additional software and restart eclipse when requested.
Clone m2e-core-tests repository. Developers should use git@github.com:tesla/m2e-core-tests.git. See https://github.com/tesla/m2e-core-tests for other ways to clone m2e-core-tests repository.
Import m2e-core-tests as existing maven project.
Submitting patches
m2e team only accepts git-format-patch formatted patches attached to eclipse bugzilla. In most cases the following command generates needed patch format from the most recent commit in the git repository.
git format-patch -1
According to eclipse legal poster, all contributors must have signed Eclipse CLA and their bugzilla email and git commit author must match (otherwise Eclipse git server refuses contribution).