which file should I run in Git Repositories?

Question

I'm using eclipse. I created a git repository and pulled some code from a url. I want to run that code but when I try to run, I get this error:

Select what to run:

Ant Build

Ant Build...

Is the code in git repository not executable? How can I run this project? Any help is appreciated.

@OliverCharlesworth I just want to run the project. So I tried to run the file which has main method in it. — bug, Mar 28 '15 at 14:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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A git repo doesn't know about the nature of the text files it stores: it just make sure they are replicated exactly the same.

Once clone, you need to check haw the project work, independently of Git.
In this case, see "Eclipse: Running Ant buildfiles", or use the Ant view in Eclipse.
You can make one of the ant target run automatically too.

If this isn't an ant project, see:

"what is this ANT build?".
make sure your java project as a builder (if not, by default, Eclipse proposes ant), as in "Eclipse won't compile/run java file"

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Mar 28 '15 at 14:47

VonC

Should I coppy the files in git repo to another Java Project to run? Because the files have the empty J as in "Eclipse won't compile/run java file". When I try to import the files from git repo to a new project I get this error: Cannot create file because existing file of wrong type exists. – bug Mar 28 '15 at 15:12
@bug you can try to create a new java project and compare the two, to spot what is missing in the one from the git repo. – VonC Mar 28 '15 at 15:15

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