I am using eclipse to develop a php project, I was wondering if there is a way that on "save" eclipse saves the project on two diferent folders, I want to use my google drive folder as my backup destination and also have my project on my working folder.
Nope. Eclipse doesn't have any function for saving duplicates. However, there are plugins available to make it integrate nicely with Git, SVN, or other revision control systems for proper code backup (assuming you regularly push the commits to a remote repository).
You can also use a synced Google Drive folder as your workspace, and then everything will be synced with that drive.
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I am working on a project which has GitLab repository and the local repository is on a network folder so I wanted to create an Eclipse Workspace on that folder as one can share the project with the other team members but when I tried to build the project I got an error message which says that eclipse workspace can't be a UNC path, so my question is, is there any work-around way I can do this, for example is there any way I can let the OS (Windows 10) link a local folder to the one on the network so that every member would do the same and work on his own local folder and it will be automatically edited in the network folder?
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No, this is not possible since everyone needs their own cloned Git repository to work with.
For instance, switching the branch or staging files are per repository and would therefore affect everyone. When you clone a Git repository without the bare option, there will be a so-called working tree which is the location where the currently checked-out files are and this folder is not copied but mapped into your workspace. Everyone would not have a copy of those files but working with the same files.
Besides the editing conflicts you would have, another disadvantage of having a Git repository on a network drive is that it would be slower. Therefore one would not want to have this even if it were possible to have Eclipse projects on a network drive.
But since in most cases a Git repository including the working tree takes less disk space than in SVN the working copy of the same, it should not be a problem if everyone has a locally cloned Git repository.
We are trying to set up Eclipse so that two users can share the same project directory on our server. Is this possible? Every time we try, it creates a new folder and project.
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Chris
No, this isn't possible. Eclipse only supports a single user accessing a workspace (not just a project) at a time.
Use a source control system such as Git or SVN to share code. Eclipse supports many such systems and has extensive sharing support in the 'Team' menus.
The best way to do this would be to use source control.
Sharing the actual workspace or the files with different eclipse instance is a recipe for trouble.
An easy way to do this would be to install git on your machine and also on his machine. Eclipse actually already has git in it ready to go so you probably dont need to install anything.
The one with the files locally will create a repo locally on his computer and commit the files to it.
Next you want to init a new empty repository on a shared folder and push your local chances to this as you would to github for example.
Your partner can then git clone from this repository to his machine and work locally.
Each of you will develop on your own copy and commit your changes locally. You will share your changes by pushing your commits in that central repo and pulling from it to get changes from your partner.
You could also just open an account on GitHub, GitLab or BitBucket (there are many others too) and use that instead of a shared folder. big advantage with these services is that they will be available from anywhere.
I'm completely new to subversion and I'm unsure how to add and commit a Java Project to an online repository using svn. The goal is to move the important folders in the project including the src, package, and class. I've accessed the online repo and I (assume) I have it as a working copy. When I try to svn add the local project folders however, I am told it is not a working copy. How do I fix this? Is there a way I can make my workspace be the online repo directly? Or do I just copy the folder somehow? I'm using Cygwin and Eclipse.
To add your project to svn you can do it this way:
Right click on your project and select: Team / Share Project...
Select SVN
Select Use Existing Repository Location
Browse to the location you would like your project to reside: typically .../trunk
Click OK and finish
This should have committed your project to SVN. Regarding your question about your entire workspace being the online repo. with each of your individual projects connected to SVN just like I detailed above, you will be able to commit and update your local projects into and from SVN without any issues.
Long story short I moved my local project to the root of my web server. In doing so I've lost my connection to the local git files.
Here is the location of my Working Directory after pulling the source down from git.
C:\Users\Administrator\git\SiteName
subfolders are:
.git
android
website
My local webserver no longer has an android or website dierctory, but instead the contents of website are simply in htdocs.
Is it possible to reference the structure on github but keep my local files in eclipse in a different area, so I can once again merge and push files?
You can tell EGit to point to a local git repo from the Git Repositories view. Once EGit knows where your repo is, it can import projects from that repo. You can work on them in eclipse, but they point to the repo external to the workspace.
You could create symlinks to the files in the "website" directory inside your htdocs. That may or may not be what you want, since, all changes will be immediately reflected on the front end.
While importing a project, eclipse allows you to create symlinks to the files without copying them into the workspace. It's an option that appears after you click the "Advanced" button in the import dialog box. This should allow you to keep the files wherever you like, and still use them in eclipse.
I'm working by myself on a project. I'd like an easy to use, free, version control system that integrates with IntelliJ IDEA nicely. I'd prefer if the whole repository was isolated to a single file, or folder, so that I could back it up on a USB stick easily and transfer it to another computer.
Take a look at Git. The whole repository is in the .git directory under your project root (by default) and I believe IntelliJ IDEA just integrated Git functionality recently.
Assuming you are going with the default (having the .git directory in the project root), then you can just copy your project to a USB stick and you have your project and repository to go.
Amongst the various IntelliJ IDEA VCS support, the one for git is fine and easy to use.
Plus, with git bundle, you can export your repo to one file, very easy to copy around (on a backup storage for instance).
See the SO question "Backup a Local Git Repository"