Share Eclipse Oomph preferences across different machines?

Question

I use Eclipse on three different computers and want to unify my preferences, such as UTF-8 encoding and code templates. This question has been asked before but that was before the integration of Oomph into Eclipse. Does Oomph have a feature like an "Ooomph Cloud" where I can login with my Google Account and sync my preferences?

Answer 1

Since the Eclipse Neon release Oomph supports sharing preferences across multiple machines. If you were not already prompted to opt into this new service you can enable it in Preferences -> Oomph -> Setup Tasks -> Preference Synchronizer.

Answer 2

Oomph only does the setup automation, but no synchronization or sharing on its own. You may want to try Yatta Profiles instead, which builds on top of Oomph. It allows sharing your IDE setup and workspace settings.

Answer 3

There is no sharing mechanism, but the setup file corresponding to your user scope: user.setup is stored on your machine:

USER_HOME/.eclipse/org.eclipse.oomph.setup/setups/user.setup

You can share this XML file between different computers.