371309 – Prevent workspace from being created inside project

Bug 371309 - Prevent workspace from being created inside project

Summary: Prevent workspace from being created inside project

Status:	NEW

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	UI (show other bugs)
Version:	3.7
Hardware:	PC All

Importance:	P3 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged
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Keywords:	helpwanted

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Reported:	2012-02-11 11:04 EST by Yevgeny Shifrin
Modified:	2013-08-20 05:20 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Yevgeny Shifrin

2012-02-11 11:04:58 EST

Build Identifier: 20100917-0705

Hi,

Mane developers who are not familiar who are new to eclipse having troubles with workspace / project concepts in eclipse especially because they are represented as a folder with files in it (.project, .metadata, etc.). In our company generally each workspace holds one project, and project resides inside workspace. I've seen many time where a developers chooses its project folder as workspace location and do not understand where their project "disappeared". In some cases opening a workspace inside project causes "harm" to a project itself.

Enhancement proposal: If selected "workspace folder" is already a "project folder" (my guess is that containing .project file should be enough condition), do not allow this selection for workspace location and issue a message.

Thanks,
Yevgeny  

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 John Arthorne

2012-02-14 16:26:05 EST

This would be done by the Workspace selection dialog in Platform UI.

Comment 2 Yevgeny Shifrin

2012-04-28 17:16:13 EDT

Hi,

Is there a chance of supporting this for Juno release? This functionality will make Eclipse more "friendly" to its new users.

Thanks a lot,
Yevgeny

Comment 3 Paul Webster

2012-04-28 18:47:57 EDT

We have no one looking at this right now.  We accept patches, see http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/How_to_Contribute

But with RC1 starting after next week, this won't be available until Kepler.

PW

Comment 4 Yevgeny Shifrin

2013-08-20 05:20:17 EDT

Hi guys,

Any chance supporting this in the near future? I think this small change will enhance user experience significantly.

Thanks a lot :-)
Yevgeny