Eclipse EGit Command Line

Question

I recently installed Git for Eclipse (EGit) and I have used some basic functions by right-click -> Team -> Add/Commit/Remove/Exclude/etc.

However, I would like to use some of the more complicated features of git, and command-line syntaxes. Is there a way to do this in Eclipse or set up EGit in command line?

Answer 1

This is not provided by EGit itself, but there are multiple options:

• A generic command shell, see David's answer
• Gonsole plugin, which provides some command completion and integration with EGit

Answer 2

I don't believe you can get direct access to a command prompt for egit. However, you could use one of the many plugins that create a command shell at a particular folder, so you can just type the git command you want. One of those is the PathTools plugin, which also lets you record specific command lines you can run on a shell.