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1.2. In CVS one can use 'Check Out As...' to load a project into the workspace under a different name. This is currently not possible with Git: - 'Import existing projects' does not allow to override the name - 'Use the New Project Wizard' is useless (see bug ). - 'Import as general project' does not work because it complains when there's already a '.project' file. The simplest fix would be to lift the restriction from option 3. This is a major issue for us because we can no longer import some of the projects after the Git migration (as it would result in duplicate names).
> - 'Use the New Project Wizard' is useless (see bug ). Bug 367833 that is.
> ...we can no longer import some of the > projects after the Git migration (as it would result in duplicate names). This a limitation on Eclipse. It should allow the import with some warnings and automatic rename, like name(2) or something, so one can the fix it after import. It would be reasonable to expect such workspaces to be unbuildable until the issues have been resolved. > - 'Use the New Project Wizard' is useless (see bug ). This depends on the project type. It works for general projects, but not many others. >- 'Import as general project' does not work because it complains when there's already a '.project' file. Platform limitation, I think.
(In reply to comment #2) > > ...we can no longer import some of the > > projects after the Git migration (as it would result in duplicate names). > > This a limitation on Eclipse. It should allow the import with some warnings > and automatic rename, like name(2) or something, so one can the fix it after > import. It would be reasonable to expect such workspaces to be unbuildable > until the issues have been resolved. > > > - 'Use the New Project Wizard' is useless (see bug ). > > This depends on the project type. It works for general projects, but not > many others. > > >- 'Import as general project' does not work because it complains when there's > already a '.project' file. > > Platform limitation, I think. The CVS importer can do this, so, saying it's a platform limitation isn't really true.
(In reply to comment #3) > The CVS importer can do this, so, saying it's a platform limitation isn't > really true. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/attachment.cgi?id=234147
