Aptana/Eclipse: How do I make a project that uses existing files on my filesystem, instead of copying?

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Tony picture Tony · Nov 2, 2009 · Viewed 26k times · Source

I want to create a project that uses source files already on my filesystem, but the IDE always wants to create a directory and make a second copy of all the source.

This has always annoyed me about Aptana and Eclipse, is there a workaround for this?

Answer

Parik Tiwari picture Parik Tiwari · Aug 9, 2012

I am using Aptana Studio 3 on my mac and the way I do it is:

  1. Click on File
  2. Select Import from the dropdown menu
  3. Select the General tab and open it, you will see the option Existing Folder as New Project
  4. Select it and click on Next
  5. On the next page select the folder where you have the old project files, name the new project(if you want to change it). You can also select the languages that you have used on the project.
  6. Click Finish and you are set to go.

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