Is it possible to use EGit without having to Share Project?

For now, I only have a local .git subdirectory under my Eclipse workspace and I don't feel the need to push it to shared repository.

I would like to also use EGit, but its user guide provides only a Share Project way to do that.

Can I re-use my local .git without having to push/publish/share 开发者_开发知识库it?

"Share project" in this context doesn't mean, that you have to share your project to a remote repository. It only means, that this Eclipse project is connected to a (local) Git repository. And yes, in this case you have to share your project, so that Eclipse detects the Git repository.

I think, "Share project" originates from a time, where there were only centralized VCS, and in that case, your project really was shared with a central server. Now with decentralized VCS, another term may be better suited.