I want to import existing project in to my workspace. I import the project from files -> open project from file system. After showing the exact path and click finish. But the project is not showing in file explorer. Are there any reason for this?
It happened to me once when I had the same project already opened in the workspace.
If you're unsure about Eclipse's workspaces, check this page: What is a Workspace.
Could you check if the same project or a project with same name is already there?
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Silly question, cant seem to get it to work.
https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/ mentions a Java project - available here on GIT - https://github.com/spring-guides/gs-rest-service.git and here directly - https://github.com/spring-guides/gs-rest-service/archive/master.zip .
When I try to import the zip, it fails. I tried to unzip and import selecting the root folder at source and it won't work.
How can I open this project in Eclipse and make my own changes?
Thanks.
Ensure that you are selecting "Existing Maven Project"
File > Import > Maven > Existing Maven Project
Point to the inflated directory and choose the pom.xmls
With Eclipse Neon, File > Open Projects from Filesystem... , select Archive and give location of your zip, click Finish.
I have problem with importing projects from workspace into eclipse even though I am able to check the projects (which shows checkable).
After I hit the finish button, there is an error which says
"Some projects can not be imported because they already exist in the workspace or their project description file is corrupt."
I have already deleted the projects from workspace so that let me be able to check from the import box.
So I guess that "project description file is corrupt" is the cause.
Can you help me out to fix it. I will appreciate it in advance.
I would suggest start from scratch ,including choosing new location for Workspace.
If all of your old projects exist in a single directory or in a single parent directory, you can do File -> Import... -> Existing Projects into workspace. Choose a root directory that is a parent all of the projects you want to import. You will then be able to import project/projects at once.
Change your workspace it will work fine.
The below issue solved my issue:
Navigate to your workspace.
Copy the existing project you want to import somewhere else.
Now import the existing project in the eclipse.
It should look like below image after copying
Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing projects into worspace->select archive file
and after browse when I select the zip project
Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace
and the finish button and next button are in disabled state.Please help me
The workspace in STS/Eclipse is not automatically the same as the file structure that you have on disc in your workspace directory. You can have projects in this workspace folder or somewhere else on disc.
To get them into your project explorer (and access them from inside STS/Eclipse), you need to import them (Import Existing Projects into Workspace). Then you can select the folder where those projects are located in. In case you have those projects already in your workspace folder on disc, you can choose the workspace folder as root folder in the wizard. It will show all the projects that exist on disc in that folder and grey those out that are already imported/referenced in your workspace in Eclipse.
Make sure it is really not in workspace, also if there aren't any other projects with the same name. If not, just delete the .metadata folder or create a new workspace.
Check if you still have the project in folder of the workspace on disk. You may have deleted in STS, without checking 'Delete on disk'. So, the project may be still there in the workspace folder though its deleted in STS.
I get this issue from time to time. Usually I just open a new workspace but sounds like you don't want to loose other projects.
I simply open the.project file in my project and change the name of the project in name tag.
Good Luck!
Probably whey you 'accidentally deleted' your project, you only deleted it from the Eclipse workspace, but not from the actual workspace folder on your hard-drive (as other people pointed out, Eclipse can arbitrarily map workspace projects to files on disk, so it is possible for a project to be 'deleted' from your Eclipse workspace but still exist on disk.
The good news is the files you deleted are actually still there.
Instead of importing your project from a zip, you may just want to import those files from the workspace folder back into your Eclipse workspace.
Generally this kind of problems not occurred you can go to Project option and clean and than restart STS.
May be STS is not synched with the latest configured project.
When you launch Spring Tools Suite, it will ask you to Select directory as workspace as below:
If the directory you selected here (i.e., workspace directory) is the same as the directory where the project that you are going to import resides, then you will get Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace.
Therefore, to solve the issue,
Close Spring Tool Suite
Create a new directory
Launch Spring Tool Suite again
And, select that as your workspace
Launch the application and you would be able to import as you mentioned in your question
It solved my problem.
Hope it helps..
Happy Coding!!
the problem is that when you delete a project maybe sts only close it.
Try View Menu --> uncheck closed projects
Now you will see all closed project, simply delete it.
I'm trying to import a project on GitHub into eclipse because there are a few things I want to add to it. However whenever I add it I get a ton of errors and problems with it...
The GitHub project is https://github.com/dmulloy2/SwornGuns
I've tried adding it to eclipse and it didn't work. I then tried making a project in eclipse and then put the files in, that didn't work. I also read online that going to Configure -> Convert to Maven Project would work, and then importing the spigot.jar file that this source depends on. However that didn't work and just gives me a ton of import errors.
The errors I am getting:
That project is a maven project. A simple way is clone that project into your machine, and import it as a maven project, with File - Import - Maven - Existing Maven Project.
Eclipse will help you resolve the pom file and configure project and download necessary libs.
First, make sure you are using Luna, the most recent version.
In eclipse, File > Import > Git > Projects from Git > Existing Local Repository.
In the Import Projects from Git screen, click add, then goto the location of the cloned repository. Click open, finish, then next. Select Java > Java Project, and click next again.
At this point, there are three options.
Import existing projects
Use the New Project Wizard
Import as General Project
Pick "Use the New Project Wizard". Then, uncheck "Use Default location", and click browse. Select a folder (You probably want the location you cloned the repo to), click "Open", and give the Project a name. Click next, and make sure that the src/bin folders are setup correctly, and click finish.
Whew!
Of course, the Import from Git option was only added in Luna, so update eclipse if necessary.
I keep my workspace folder in the Dropbox folder so I can use it on different computers. Usually there isn't a problem. Today however I opened Eclipse and found it doesn't show the projects in the package explorer.
I checked and it's set to the correct workspace folder.
I tried to Import existing projects into workspace, but Eclipse doesn't allow importing the projects because 'they already exist in the workspace' - even though they don't appear.
Will appreciate your help.
Keep your project files in DropBox. You shouldn't share a workspace like that -- it will inevitably lead to issues like the one you describe.
That is, keep the project folder, along with the .project, .classpath, and .settings/ in your shared Dropbox space. Create a new workspace on each computer, then "Import existing project" into each workspace, selecting your project in Dropbox, being sure to unselect "copy projects into workspace".
I don't have idea about using dropBox-BUT-However
For your question::
I tried to Import existing projects into workspace, but Eclipse doesn't allow importing the projects because 'they already exist in the workspace' - even though they don't appear.
Possibility:: Projects are not in Eclipse explorer but a copy of it exists in the workspace folder so eclipse is not allowing you to add the projects with same name again.
Solution:: Create a new workspace and then use dropbox to import the projects.
What you can also try is do
Create new General Project
Select in current workspace
Create project with name of an already existing project in your workspace
I seem to remember using this to "hydrate" already existing projects in my workspace into the eclipse package explorer.
This happened to me and it was because I inadvertently filtered out some of the files in the filters option in the Package Explorer.
Inside PackageExplorer -> Small drop down on top right side -> Filters
Un-select all and see if your files are now visible. Worked for me.