MeGit writes to ~/.eclipse and this conflicts with Eclipse
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
Research direction
Start by tracing how MeGit handles the selected workspace and writes to ~/.eclipse, then compare that behavior with Eclipse's configuration handling. Done means MeGit no longer conflicts with Eclipse's plugins or configuration, including the reported CoPilot prompt.
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Description
As per the title, I can see that Megit write stuff onto ~/.eclipse (in macOS 26.2), despite I selected a different workspace directory in the splash screen.
Already annoying in Eclipse, when it happens with MeGit, conflicts pop up. In fact, MeGit has just asked me if I want to reinstall plugins like CoPilot, which I've never installed in MeGit, but I've installed it in Eclipse.
I know this is a long-standing Eclipse problem, but it would be great if MeGit could do something for itself.
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 558
- Forks
- 57
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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