Eclipse import project error, overlaps workspace location

Question

I have a big project that I want to import to Eclipse, but everytime I do that I get:

Invalid project description.
  D:\\svn\\myproject\\vr overlaps the work         


        

Answer 1

I encountered this same problem:

• I had a project directory called "demo1".
• I created a new workspace using that same "demo1" directory as the workspace root directory.
• When I went to import that project directory (which was the same as my root workspace directory), I got the "overlaps the workspace" error.

I'm using "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers, Version: Indigo Service Release 2"

My solution:

• Exit Eclipse
• Delete the .metadata directory (this is created each time you start Eclipse) from inside my workspace directory ("demo1").
• Create a new directory called "demo1" within the existing "demo1" directory. So now I have "demo1/demo1".
• Move all the existing files and directories in my existing project, plus the .cproject and .project files (and the .settings directory if it exists), into that new "demo1" subdirectory.
• Restart Eclipse, and select the original "demo1" directory as my workspace.
• Go to File->Import, select "General" and "Existing projects into workspace". Click Next.
• Select the new "demo1" subdirectory as the project I wanted to import into my workspace.
• Make sure "Copy projects into workspace" is not checked.
• Click Finish, and it worked. Project builds.

FYI.

Eclipse creates a .metadata directory, a .cproject file, and a .project file (and sometimes a .settings directory). You need the .cproject and .project file, and the .settings directory if it exists. The .metadata directory is a temporary directory which Eclipse creates or updates each time it is opened. It can be deleted without any effect.