[news.eclipse.newcomer] Two external java projects in the same dir tree

[Florian Brucker <torf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm just starting to use Eclipse and I'm now trying to import all my
existing projects. In the past, I've organized *all* my java sources in
one source tree, which reflects the package hierarchy. So it looks like
that:

somedir/
    com/
        torfbold/
            project1/
                ...
            project2/
                ...
    org/
        imp/
            project3
                ...

My goal is to have one Eclipse-project for each of those projects in the
source-tree. I started with importing project1: To get the packages
right, I choose "somedir" as directory to import from, and excluded
directories other than those of project1. That worked fine.
But when I know try to import project2 the same way, I only get the
message "somedir/com and somedir/com overlap", and I'm not allowed to
proceed any further.

Am I only allowed to create projects which don't share directories?

Any tips on how to solve the problem are appreciated.

Greetings,
Florian