Checking out Maven project from SVN in Eclipse

Question

I have just downloaded and installed the latest Eclipse Juno. I have also installed Maven and SVN through the Eclipse Market Place. The problem I am getting is that when I check-out a project from my SVN repository, the project doesn't get checked out as a Maven project.

I am using Windows 7 x64 OS. Could anyone shed some light on this matter? Am I doing something wrong?

Solution 1

With m2e installed, you can right click on the project and:

• "Configure"->"Convert to maven project" (and it will read your pom.xml) or
• "Maven"->"Disable maven nature"

I often use both steps (in reverse order) to "reboot" the maven configuration.

Solution 2

The project doesn't need to be checked out as a maven project. What you need to do is, after checking out your project ( using the SVN perspective ) go to the Java perspective and import it as a maven project.

This will work if your project has a pom.xml file.

Solution 3

1. Go to SVN repository Exploring perspective and checkout the project.
2. Then go to Java perspective, right click the project and select Configure->Convert to Maven project

This works for me in Eclipse Luna.

Solution 4

You can install a plugin called m2e-subclipse to do that, but it's not currently that support. You might need to build it yourself.

Link to m2eclipse-subclipse.

Alternatively, what I prefer to do, is check out the project using TortoiseSVN (or a similar client for mac/linux). Subclipse will still pick up that it is a SVN project, and I'll use m2e to import the project (Import existing Maven project).

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