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Bug 356919

Summary:	default location in git enabled workspace requires editing, error-prone
Product:	[Technology] EGit	Reporter:	Christian Campo <christian.campo>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Project Inbox <egit.ui-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	me, remy.suen
Version:	1.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Christian Campo

2011-09-07 08:13:58 EDT

When creating new projects in CVS based workspaces, you nearly also use the default location. The default location is the directory of the workspace plus the project name.

In Git enabled workspaces, this is invalid. So you manually edit the default location. That means you have to enter the Git repo directory AND you have you append the project name at the end. (if you dont you instantly mess up your whole git repo)

a) It would be really cool if the project wizard could help with the project location
b) maybe as a step in between it would be helpful to warn if somebody creates a project in the root of a Git repo

Comment 1 Remy Suen

2011-09-07 21:33:42 EDT

If you use the import wizard to import projects from a Git repository then the wizard can scan for Eclipse projects in the repository for you to select. Of course, this assumes the Git repository has Eclipse .project files in it.

Comment 2 Christian Campo

2011-09-08 02:38:45 EDT

(In reply to comment #1)
> If you use the import wizard to import projects from a Git repository then the
> wizard can scan for Eclipse projects in the repository for you to select. Of
> course, this assumes the Git repository has Eclipse .project files in it.

I don't think I explained it good enough for your to understand my problem is. I have my git repo in location A (i.e. c:/gitrepo/dir-A) and my workspace in location B (i.e. c:/workspace/dir-B). My understanding is that its the recommended way to have git repo and workspace in different locations (different from CVS or SVN usage).

So starting the new project wizard is a problem because by default it puts projects into location B/<project-name> where they should be in location A/<project-name>. So what I typically do when I create a new project that should be in Git is, I see the default location, click to disable the checkbox for default location. The directory name there goes blank. Now I have to use the Browse button (unless I have the dirname in my head) and often I will browse to my git repo name. 
What people often forget is to append the project name to the location of the project. That way they create the project in the root of the git repo which messes everything up….