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GENERATE SSH KEY 1. In Eclipse, navigate to:           Window --> Preferences --> General --> Network Connections --> SSH2 2. Go to the Key Management tab. 3. Click on Generate RSA Key... button. 4. Enter a Passphrase and confirm it. 5. Click on Save Private Key... and specify a name (i.e. rocketgit_rsa) IMPORT SSH KEY IN ROCKETGIT 1. In Eclipse, navigate to:           Window --> Preferences --> General --> Network Connections --> SSH2 2. Go to the Key Management tab. 3. Click on Load Existing Key... button. 4. Select the SSH key file (i.e. rocketgit_rsa) created in the previous steps. You will have to specify the passphrase. 5. Once the key was loaded, select and copy everything in the main box label above " You can paste this public key into the remote authorized_keys file: " 6. Login into RocketGit. 7. Go to Personal --> SSH Keys ...

1. Install Eclipse IDE and Git Plugin (EGIT). 2. Clone a remote git repository in Eclipse: File --> Import -->  Git --> Projects from Git --> URI 3. Copy and paste the ssh://... link of your git repository into the URI field. (Everything else will be pre-populated) 4. Click Next. You will be prompted to enter the SSH key passphrase. 5. The master branch will be listed, select and click Next. 6. Specify a Local Destination directory for your repository and click Next. 7. Import in Eclipse (you have three options: (a) import an existing Eclipse project, (b) use new project wizard, (c) import as a general project) NOTE: I chosed option (a) since my repository is already an existing Eclipse project. Click Next and then Finish. 8. Your Eclipse project was imported in your local workspace.