Import existing project

Question

I created a Django project with just a text editor and the command line, now I have installed Aptana Studio but I cannot import that project. I can create a new django project, pydev is correctly installed and it works.

In Aptana, I tried Import Projects, but it doesnt recognize my project's root directory "No projects are found to import". before replacing settings, models, views, etc,.. with the contents of my project (what I dont like), I want to ask:

Is there a better way to import the project??

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Answer 1

It's a bit dirty but you can do the following. Create two files in your project directory called .project and .pydevproject.

.project should contain:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
    <name>YOUR_PROJECT_NAME</name>
    <comment></comment>
    <projects>
    </projects>
        <buildSpec>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
    </buildSpec>
    <natures>
        <nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
    </natures>
</projectDescription>

and .pydevproject should contain:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?>

<pydev_project>
<pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH">
<path>\PATH\TO\THE\PROJECT</path>
</pydev_pathproperty>
<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.6</pydev_property>
<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">Default</pydev_property>
<pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_EXTERNAL_SOURCE_PATH">
<path>\PATH\TO\EXTERNAL\SOURCES\IF\USED</path>
</pydev_pathproperty>
</pydev_project>

when you've got those two files in your project dir you can use Import>Existing Projects into Workspace