Control decoration example

boolean isInstalled =/**...**/

Button appBtn = new Button(myComp, SWT.CHECK);

appBtn.setText("Upload to Server");

appBtn.setEnabled(isInstalled);

final ControlDecoration dec = new ControlDecoration(appBtn, SWT.TOP | SWT.RIGHT);

dec.setImage(PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getSharedImages().getImage(ISharedImages.IMG_DEC_FIELD_WARNING));

dec.setDescriptionText("Upload to Server feature is not available on the current plan");

dec.show();

Eclipse command core expressions and variables

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions

Programatically changing the eclipse perspective

try

{

   PlatformUI.getWorkbench().showPerspective("StudioPerspective", PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow());

}

catch (WorkbenchException e)

{

  e.printStackTrace();

}

Setting eclipse perspective bar size to show multiple perspectives on toolbar

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=84603

Merging multiple commits into a single commit which are already pushed into a central repository

If you're merging local commits:

http://exploreeclipse.blogspot.sg/2012/11/git-squash-all-commits-into-single.html

If the code is already pushed into a central repository and having multiple commits for a single fix/feature, now you wanted to merge couple commits into a single commit to make the git history clear.

Step 1: Identify how many last commits you wanted to merge ?

$ git reflog

4585fc6 HEAD@{0}: commit: fixig build scripts

c10447a HEAD@{1}: commit: fixing build issues

baa56c0 HEAD@{2}: commit: Using forked repo for testing

f744eec HEAD@{3}: commit: Missing tag

c30816d HEAD@{4}: commit: Missing tag

ea302be HEAD@{5}: commit: Removing bin folder

6560cb9 HEAD@{6}: commit: Build files and studio plugins folder structure

4540830 HEAD@{7}: clone: from https://github.com/kolipakakondal/studio_app.git

From above, I wanted to merge from HEAD@{0} to HEAD@{6} - That basically last 7 commits

Step 2: Rebase interactively

$ git rebase -i origin/master~7 master

Step 3:  Push the changes forcefully to a central repo

$ git push origin +master

Test management plugin for JIRA

Test management plugin for JIRA
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.thed.zephyr.je/cloud/overview

Worth to look at it!!

Updating eclipse features/plugins from terminal

Format:

./eclipse -clean -purgeHistory -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -noSplash -repository <update site url> -installIUs <feature ID> 

Examples:

./eclipse -clean -purgeHistory -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -noSplash -repository http://download.eclipse.org/recommenders/updates/stable/ -installIUs org.eclipse.recommenders.repositories.categories.deps 

./eclipse -clean -purgeHistory -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -noSplash -repository http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/releases/latest -installIUs org.eclipse.mylyn.commons.sdk.feature.group

./eclipse -clean -purgeHistory -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -noSplash -repository http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/releases/latest -installIUs org.eclipse.mylyn.commons.notifications.feature.group

./eclipse -clean -purgeHistory -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -noSplash -repository http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/updates/releases/ -installIUs org.eclipse.emf.databinding.edit.feature.group

Resources:

http://www.lorenzobettini.it/2012/10/installing-eclipse-features-via-the-command-line/