Importing a Git Project into Aptana with SSH Username and Password

Question

I am attempting to setup a git repo for some source code, this is the first time I have used git - but I have made my self familiar with all of the concepts and command line basics which should get me started for now.

I am trying to get Aptana Studio 3 to clone my newly created Git Repo on my development server. What I cannot figure out is how to pass in a Username and Password for the SSH connection. EGit for Eclipse lets me specify a username and password, and seems much more advanced than Aptana's git implementation which only asks me for URI and Path. Which would be @:/path/to/git

I have also found that I cannot for some reason install eGit into Aptana. Its probably missing some dependencies included with Eclipse, but not Aptana (Mylyn is what appears to be having the issues).

I realize that I can use keys, but this is strictly a question of using username and password right now and not am to interested in setting up keyed access.

So in short is there a way to use Aptana Studio 3's Git implementation with a Username and Password for SSH without having to setup RSA Keys for authentication? If there is not in Aptana's Native implementation, is there a way to install a different Git plugin and make it work.

Thanks for your time. -Karl

Answer 1

I don't use eclipse/Aptana, but last year I had a similar "problem" when working with submodules in git via SSH, and maybe the solution I found can work for you.

When you create a submodule in git, the full uri of the repository is saved in the .gitmodules file, for example: ssh://myuser@server/paht/to/repo.git. The problem is that since .gitmodules is under source control, how the rest of the team will access the repository without messing with the .gitmodules?

The solution is simple:

1) I've changed the URL of .gitmodules to ssh://server/paht/to/repo.git. 2) I've created a file ~/.ssh/config with the following content:

Host server
  HostName <ip-of-the-server>
  User myuser

This way, when git(or openSSH, I guess) tries to connect via ssh, he searchs for a "server" entry in my ~/.ssh/config, grabs the username from there and only asks me my password.

Maybe this way you can "force" Aptana to do what you want, without resorting to RSA keys.