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I'm working on two versions of our product at the same time(main + sp branch). The thing that first came to mind was to check out both, but I got collisions with project names. The second idea was to have multiple workspaces, one for each branch, but that does not appear to be possible(I could install Eclipse multiple times).
Eclipse install and workspace locations are not related. The default workspace location is in the current working directory. The -data option allows you to define a different location for the workspace. For more info search for "Running Eclipse" in the Eclipse help or go to (URL may be split): http://dev.eclipse.org/help21/index.jsp? topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm
I have taken the liberty to reopen the bug(this is afterall a feature request, not a bug-report). The suggested approach is clunky, because preferences and configuration options are stored in the workspace. When working on two branches, I'd like to share e.g. Java formatting options, etc. Only the projects should be stored in different places. Øyvind
So what is being requested is workspace-independent properties, right? Support to more easily changing the current workspace is addressed by bug 37681. Also, you can checkout a module from a CVS repository with the name you want (check out as...). This would allow you to keep different versions of the same project in the same workspace. It won work if this project is referenced by others, though.
>So what is being requested is workspace-independent properties, right? What I really want is a smoother way to work with branches. Good multi- workspace seems to be a fairly generic tool that should do the job. >Support to more easily changing the current workspace is addressed >by bug 37681. Excellent. >Also, you can checkout a module from a CVS repository with the name you >want (check out as...). This would allow you to keep different versions >of the same project in the same workspace. It won work if this project >is referenced by others, though. I'm relying on the names of the projects for my ant scripts to work. Renaming the projects is not an option. I did try to make a java project a sub-project of a resources(simple) project, but that changed the project type. Øyvind
Closing again. This issue is covered by other bug reports. Bug 36965 for sharing preferences between workspaces, and bug 37681 for an easier way to switch workspaces. Please CC yourself on this bug reports if you are interested in following progress. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 37681 ***
