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MavensMate was a popular community plugin for the Force.com platform, built on the Sublime Text IDE (created and maintained by Joe Ferraro) as a free alternative to the official Force.com IDE. Under certain conditions on Windows 7/8 (often proxy/firewall configurations), installation could fail with an error similar to: Installation of Sublime Text plugin failed. This is likely due to the installer being unable to reach GitHub. If you are behind a firewall or using a proxy, you should configure git accordingly (google: git config --global https.proxy) and ensure your HTTPS/HTTPS_PROXY environment variable(s) are set properly. Otherwise, please log an issue on the MavensMate GitHub project. There is an existing GitHub issue with a workaround suggested by Joe Ferraro. The steps that worked for me were: ...

The following solution involves two popular SCM tools (SVN and Git), an always‑on server (I use Windows, but the cloud works as well) and a few free tools. You will need the Force.com Migration Tool, Apache Ant, and Java JDK. Start by setting things up with the following checklist: Java JDK Apache Ant Force.com Migration Tool Cygwin Shell or Git Bash SVN Client (if using SVN) Setup Create a working folder and scripts: ...