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SRaj
SRaj

Reputation: 1338

Create Remote Repository from egit

I have a local git repository which I want to share it in a remote git repository (say github.com). Is there any way to create the remote repository using eGit (if the remote repository is not existing already)?

I have seen this link: Creating a new remote repository from EGit

That question is 5 years old, just wondering if there is any update on that issue.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 229

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1323523

I would have to confirm my 2014 answer.

EGit alone would not create a remote repository.

Only a curl call to the remote Git hosting repository service (like the GitHub API) would be able to do so (Example here).
And that call would not be the same as the one you would do to create a new repository on BitBucket or GitLab.

You would at least need eclipse/egit-github

EGit Github Connector is an Eclipse plugin for working with Git repositories hosted on Github. It is based on the JGit library, which is a Git implementation in pure Java and integrates with EGit which is the Eclipse Git Team Provider.

Note: it is true GitLab allows to create a new repo on first push.
But that is a feature specific to GitLab, and not generally available on other services.

Upvotes: 1

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