GitHub integration in IntelliJ IDEA: base features

Heard about Github and/or using it for your projects? GitHub support is coming in IntelliJ IDEA 10 and in other IntelliJ based products.

With a new GitHub plugin installed you’ll be able to checkout your existing GitHub repository and auto-open it as a project or share a project on GitHub instantly.

You can checkout an existing project and start coding in a few seconds!

And once you decide to share your work:

This GitHub integration is available in the latest IntelliJ IDEA EAP.

Please note that existing functionality should be considered as a preview and set of features will be extended in the nearest future. See the what we did and what we plan to do in a roadmap. and feel free to share your thoughts about it.