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Contribute Eclipse Source Code

Version 0.1; Copyright (c) Patrik Suzzi; Date November 2015.

This walkthrough tracks how to contribute to the Eclipse codebase. Contribution are done by fixing bugs in one of the projects hosted by Eclipse git repositories

Main steps:

  • select bug using bugzilla

  • prepare the IDE including gerrit clone, getting projects and IDE tweaks.

  • fix the bug : branch, reproduce the bug, fix it, and test the solution.

  • push to Gerrit : insert data properly

Select a Bug

Eclipse bugs are listed on bugzilla web page: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/

To select all open bugs on Eclipse E4 Tools, we click on Advanced Search, and filter for bugs in Eclipse > e4 > Tools which status in UNCONFIRMED, NEW, ASSIGNED, REOPENED.