Eclipse Plugin for ClearCase

Question

Installed on my Windows 7 (32-bit) computer is ClearCase Explorer 8.0.1.9 and Eclipse Java IDE 4.7.2 (Oxygen) and JDK 1.8.0_161.

I am looking for suitable plugin so that I can perform check-out / check-in to ClearCase from Eclipse workbench.

I found a plugin on sourceforge but I would prefer something from IBM.

Also I cannot use the newer product ClearTeam Explorer, I must use ClearCase Explorer.

Answer 1

Since you have mentioned you have 'ClearCase Explorer 8.0.1.9 ', I assume that you have installed it in your computer/VM/asset. During installation of Clearcase, there is option you can select to install 'CTEUpdateSite'. If you enable that option, you will see /CTEUpdateSite directory. You can configure it in your eclipse Help--> Install Software, Add a 'Local' location so that those plugins will get installed. Post Installation you will able to do all ClearCase operations from Eclipse IDE itself.

Answer 2

You'll need to update your clearcase client to 9.0.0.6/9.0.1.2 or later to use the cte plugins that support that release of eclipse. 8.0.1.x tops out at 4.6.

The plugin mentioned by @Elyahu is last updated in 2013, and may not work with a current eclipse/jvm release.

Answer 3

Try using cleartool command line options to checkout or checkin. it is very simple and got clean response.

Do integrate batch commands with Eclipse

Check this related Question How to run a batch script (.bat file) from eclipse

IBM Help page for Clear case commands Cleartool subcommands for base ClearCase and UCM

Answer 4

As I remarked, in any case Eclipse is not an IBM tool, so you can find any suitable plugin you find on the net.

That one is an IBM one, but for lower ClearCase versions, but it might be OK, since its only a plugin, and you only need a check-out <-> check-in ability

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24025674

Enjoy, Eli