---
name: "fetch-eclipse-source"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "javahelper"
version: "0.59"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fetch-eclipse-source"
---

# fetch-eclipse-source(1)

checks out an eclipse project from CVS.

## NAME

fetch-eclipse-source - checks out an eclipse project from CVS.

## SYNOPSIS

```
 fetch-eclipse-source --upstream-version <version> <directory.txt file>
```

## DESCRIPTION

Used to checkout an eclispe project from CVS via [*uscan*(1)](/uscan/1.md). The directory.txt is a file containing the parts to check out and is usually provided by upstream.

It can also exclude parts of the upstream projects by using the exclude file (see FILES)

## FILES

- debian/fetch-eclipse-source.exclude

  If present, this file will be used to exclude parts of the project from the resulting tarball. The file is passed to [*tar*(1)](/tar/1.md) via its *-X* option.

## SEE ALSO

[*uscan*(1)](/uscan/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Niels Thykier \<niels@thykier.net\> wrote this manpage.