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I'm new to Eclipse as I just started learning Android development a few weeks ago. Is there anything in Indigo that improves Android development? From http://ww

I'm new to Eclipse as I just started learning Android development a few weeks ago. Is there anything in Indigo that improves Android development? From http://www.eclipse.org/indigo/ http://www.eclipse.org/indigo/, the only thing that struck me was EGit.

beck5 15y ago
Be careful with EGit its still beta really IMO.
- ecaron 15y ago
  Agreed, EGit is not ready for public consumption. Sticking with Tortoise or command line is the only way to make sure you don't end up doing serious damage to your repos. Their biggest problem is their treatment of previous changes and parents. It fubars the system by repeatedly introduce previous additions or deletions from your codebase.
  - jpitz 15y ago
    I mainly look to egit to help me stage refactorings correctly as move + edit operations in the index. Should I be worried about that?
    - theBobMcCormick 15y ago
      Have you looked at using "git gui" instead? It seems to be a more stable, reliable, and supported tool than egit. It lacks direct Eclipse integration of course, but in practice I've never found that to be a problem.
      - jpitz 15y ago
        how does that address eclipse refactorings?
        theBobMcCormick 15y ago
        Maybe I was misunderstanding, but I assumed the parent comment was wanting to be able to easily select individual changes from his re-factoring for committing. Git GUI is great for that. I'm not aware of any additional "refactoring" related functionality that eGit offers above and beyond that.
  - shareme 15y ago
    not had a problem with EGIT once..
- adelevie 15y ago
  Better to just stick with command line + git gui?
  - beck5 15y ago
    Thats what I do (tower for the GUI). The mercurial plugin on the other hand is great.
- guelo 15y ago
  Been using EGit since it came out without a problem. It's hard for me to live without the in-IDE historical diffs.
terrapinbear 15y ago
You might give Motodev from Motorola a try. It's basically a Motorola modified Eclipse for smartphone development. I like the snippets window and the project wizards. Free too.

beck5 15y ago

Be careful with EGit its still beta really IMO.

ecaron 15y ago
Agreed, EGit is not ready for public consumption. Sticking with Tortoise or command line is the only way to make sure you don't end up doing serious damage to your repos. Their biggest problem is their treatment of previous changes and parents. It fubars the system by repeatedly introduce previous additions or deletions from your codebase.
- jpitz 15y ago
  I mainly look to egit to help me stage refactorings correctly as move + edit operations in the index. Should I be worried about that?
  - theBobMcCormick 15y ago
    Have you looked at using "git gui" instead? It seems to be a more stable, reliable, and supported tool than egit. It lacks direct Eclipse integration of course, but in practice I've never found that to be a problem.
    - jpitz 15y ago
      how does that address eclipse refactorings?
      - theBobMcCormick 15y ago
        Maybe I was misunderstanding, but I assumed the parent comment was wanting to be able to easily select individual changes from his re-factoring for committing. Git GUI is great for that. I'm not aware of any additional "refactoring" related functionality that eGit offers above and beyond that.
- shareme 15y ago
  not had a problem with EGIT once..
adelevie 15y ago
Better to just stick with command line + git gui?
- beck5 15y ago
  Thats what I do (tower for the GUI). The mercurial plugin on the other hand is great.
guelo 15y ago
Been using EGit since it came out without a problem. It's hard for me to live without the in-IDE historical diffs.

terrapinbear 15y ago

You might give Motodev from Motorola a try. It's basically a Motorola modified Eclipse for smartphone development. I like the snippets window and the project wizards. Free too.