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You will find that despite of all of these resources Eclipse is still not as well commented and documented as we'd like it to be. Finding out how stuff works in the world of Eclipse can thus sometimes be a challenge. However, this does not only apply to you, but also to many people who are conveniently connected by something called The Internet. It should go without saying that if all else fails, Google often turns up great tutorials or solutions to problems you may run into. And if it doesn't, Miro and I will be happy to help you as well.

Preparing the Repository

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We have created a Git repository for everyone to do his tutorials in. You can access the repository online through our Stash tool over here. You will first have to configure your Stash account:

1. Login with your Rtsys account information.
2. Through the button in the top right corner, access your profile.
3. Switch to the SSH keys tab.
4. Click Add Key and upload a public SSH key that you want to use to access the repository.

You should now be able to access the repository. Clone it:

1. Open a console window and navigate to an empty directory that the repository should be placed in.
2. Enter the command ssh://git@git.rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de:7999/PRAK/12ws-eclipse-tutorials.git . (including the final dot, which tells git to clone the repository into the current directory instead of a subdirectory).
3. You should now have a clone of the repository in the current directory.

You will use this repository for all your tutorial work, along with everyone else. To make sure that you don't interfere with each other, everyone will work on a different branch. This is not exactly how people usually use Git, but goes to demonstrate Git's flexibility... Add a branch for you to work in:

1. Enter git checkout -b login_name

You have just added and checked out a new branch. Everything you commit will go to this branch. To push your local commits to the server (which you will need to do so we can access your results), do the following:

1. Enter git push origin login_name

You would usually have to enter git pull first, but since nobody will mess with your branch this won't be necessary. By the way, you only need to mention origin login_name with the first git push, since Git doesn't know where to push the branch yet. After the first time, Git remembers the information and it will be enough to just enter git push.

Creating a Simple Text Editor

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