How to create a git project from an existing maven project in Eclipse?

Question

I have a local maven project. Now I want to put it into a git repository. I think I first need to create a local git project and then push all to the remote repository. Is there a way to do this in Eclipse? I have the egit plugin in Eclipse.

Tried the following step:

1) Create a local new Git repository and add it to this view
2) There are 3 options:
   * Import Maven Proejcts
   * Import existing proejcts
   * Import as a general project

None of these seem works. This should be a very typical use case. First, you create a maven locally, without git. At some point, you want to put it into a git repository and collaborate with others. How to achieve this?

Answer 1

Right clicking the project, Team, Share project… allows you to initialize a Git repository for your project.