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Cloning a Project From GitHub into CCSv6

Glenn Vassallo
Guru 21435 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC3200, TM4C123GH6PM

I was looking for steps or advise on cloning a CCS project that is on Github.

I would like to be able to Clone a repository and then perform Push and Pulls when required. 

Github has become an essential tool for those of us who are working in distributed teams, so steps on how to do this would be very useful.

It would also be great to provide a simple mechanism for others to get involved in my TI based open source projects. 

I am using EGit inside CCS, and have everything working well when I create a project and then push. But how do others then clone my projects and in the process create a local CCS project. My efforts so far have been unsuccessful....and am forced to create a project, an then just copy the files to the project, which ends up breaking the Git versioning and causes all sorts of problems.

Glenn.

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    TI__Guru**** 173310 points

    I have personally not used Github, however a web search seems to indicate that one should be able to clone a repository and then be able to import the project into CCS. Here is one references I found:

    http://2lemetry.com/2014/08/04/connecting-thingfabric-texas-instruments-cc3200/

    Perhaps others in the community that have personal experience would be able to add additional comments.

  • 0 in reply to AartiG
    Guru 21435 points

    Thanks AartiG,

    When I get a chance I will run through the steps and see if they will work with Github...and perhaps document any additional steps required.

    Thanks 2lemetry, or should I say Amazon 2lemetry.....Amazon announced today that they bought 2lemetry to assist them competing in the IoT space.

    If anyone else has experience to add about using Github and CCS, please let us know.

    Glenn.

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    Expert 1240 points

    I can't address your situation directly because I don't use Github or EGit.  But I have used Git repositories with Code Composer Studio projects.


    On your GitHub project page, there should be a URL that git clients can access to perform the clone from, e.g. https://github.com/username/projname.git. Any git client should work, it doesn't need to be the one bundled with Eclipse.
    Once you have cloned the repo to your hard-drive, open CCS to your desired workspace, and choose File > Import... > Code Composer Studio > Existing CCS Eclipse Projects > Select search-directory: Browse...
    Navigate to the directory containing your project (i.e. the one with a .project, .cproject, and .ccsproject file).  Check the project in the "Discovered projects" list, Finish, etc.

    Now the other question might be "what should I add to the repo"?  Your source code (we'll count linker command files, sys/bios config files, etc. as source code), the .project, .cproject, and .ccsproject.  Also, I think the official stance is things in the .settings folder should be added also, although I find that these change quite a lot and usually don't seem that important.  I think what I did was added the intial contents of .settings, and after working with it over time and learned which files changed a lot and which weren't important for cross-machine portability, I eventually added those items to my .gitignore.
    The other thing is the concept of CCS "workspaces" don't apply well to source control.  They have too much user and/or machine-specific info in them.  I suggest just checking in the "project", and then each user will import that project into their workspace (as previously described).
    TI description of using source control.

  • 0 in reply to user347219
    Guru 21435 points

    Thanks everyone for your help, with this advise I have put together a step by step process for cloning a Github repository and then be able to pull and push to Github. 

    Please note these instructions were made while using CCS 6.1

    Cloning a Github Repository to use in CCS

    1. Install Github for Windows from here - https://windows.github.com/
    2. Start CCS and select an existing workspace or create a new workspace
    3. Go to the Github repository you wish to use and click on Clone in Desktop
    4. When promoted select Launch Application to allow Github for Windows start
    5. In the browse dialog box, located the Workspace you selected in step 2 and press ok
    6. Wait for the Cloning process to complete
    7. Go to CCS and select Project menu and Import CCS Project option
    8. Press the Browse button for Select search-directory
    9. Then browse to the Workspace and press ok
    10. Make sure you tick the project you just cloned
    11. Do not check either “Automatically import referenced projects found in same directory” or “Copy projects into workspace”
    12. Press the Finish button
    13. You should now have a working Git repository in your workspace

    Using Git and GitHub in CCS

    1. Right click on the project and select Team
    2. The Commit to Commit
    3. Pull to get the latest from the Github Repository
    4. Remote - Push  to publish latest update to Github Repository (Other options available)

    Note: Migrating your existing projects to Git and then publishing to Github will involved another set of steps, I will update this post when those steps are available.

    To practice this process, you could use the following Github Repository for the CC3200 (requires TI-RTOS for SimpleLink installed) - https://github.com/remixed123/startproject_cc3200_ti-rtos

    Glenn.

  • 0 in reply to Glenn Vassallo
    TI__Guru**** 173310 points
    Glenn,

    Thank you so much for posting this step by step process for everyone's benefit. I am sure it will be very helpful for other users working with GitHub.
  • 0 in reply to Glenn Vassallo
    Prodigy 70 points
    Create workspace, repository, project from scratch
    1) Create new workspace: File--> Switch worksapce --> Other . Type in or browse the directory name of the new workspace.
    2) Create new git: File-->New-->Other-->Git-->Git Repository. Browse to the same directory as above workspace.
    3) Create a new project: File --> New--> CCS project:
    3.1) Select the target (I use Tiva TM4C123GH6PM)
    3.2) Select the connection (I use Stellaris In-Circuit Debug Interface).
    3.3) Select a project template and project name (default will be Empty Project with main.c) --> finish
    4) Create and push to github:
    4.1) open github for windows --> click on "+" --> Add tab --> the directory path of the workspace above
    4.2) Commit
    4.3) Publish Repository: if you're already log-in before. Then just type name and description. Check private repository if you want to make it private ($7/per month).
    5) Restart CCS