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Information on Prerequisite Tools

SCM

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Tool(s)

The SCM you use is certainly up to you (and your organization). However, Duraspace provides source code repositories for DSpace via both Subversion^1^* and Git^2^*.

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Both of these plugins connect Eclipse with Subversion repositories. Their strengths and weaknesses vary a little depending on the task. I tend to go with Subclipse primarily due to this article from person.

Egit

Subclipse

Subversive

m2e

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Maven to Eclipse

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There have been significant developments recently within the integration between Eclipse and Maven, not all of this is good. However, if starting from scratch, building a new IDE from the ground up, you don't have to worry about breaking existing projects. As long as this is the case, you shouldn't have to worry about the state of Eclipse-Maven integration.

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