Opening an Eclipse project already in my workspace

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Casebash picture Casebash · Jul 30, 2010 · Viewed 57.3k times · Source

If I have an Eclipse project already in my workspace (say downloaded from version control), how can I open it in Eclipse?

Answer

houman001 picture houman001 · Jul 30, 2010

It is kind of funny/misleading, but Eclipse doesn't provide an "Open" command. You need to use "File"->"Import"->"General"->"Import Existing Project" to be able to use your existing project.

you have to uncheck 'Copy projects into workspace' if the project is already in the workspace

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