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

Go to Eclipse preferences. Search for workspaces. Remove the workspace that has the same path as your project. Your workspace should be at least one folder up. Restart Eclipse and import your project.

Example: Invalid project description. C:\Development\workspace\joy overlaps the workspace location: C:\Development\workspace\joy

Remove the \joy workspace and use only C:\Development\workspace\

Good luck.

Answer 2

for me the problem was the following:

I was trying to import a project that already existed in my default workspace. Think about it; you are selecting "import into workspace" but if you look in your files directory, the project is already in your workspace, thus it's overlapping.

Here is what I would recommend:

• from windows file explorer i moved the entire project outside of the default workspace. now i can import it into the work space.

• alternatively there is also a few options to import existing code into your workspace ( think its in file --->new project-->android project from existing code , etc etc

Answer 3

Eclipse doesn't allow to open a project that the existing workspace is a subfolder or same folder of that project.

I agree that the error says the obvious and does not state the issue.

Solution: Create the workspace in a higher hierarchy than the project folder OR in a complete separated folder.

* Users who are migrating from IDEA might be confused by the workspace notion of Eclipse. Eclipse's workspace notion is targeted at the potential to embed different projects that don't reside in a mutual folder structure. As this might be a logical notion, most projects in a workspace, from my experience, do reside in the same folder structure, hence misses the 80-20 rule.

Answer 4

Check the File .project and look for The Property

<name>NameOfProject</name>

, The Folder that contains the file, must be named equal to NameOfProject...

In other manner, the file .project must be contained in a folder with name NameOfProject

Please rename the folder.

Answer 5

From what ever root you have, keep your workspace folder separate from your code folder. So maybe:

C:\code\...
C:\workspace\

Like Ghostbusters, don't let the streams cross.

Answer 6

What I did to solve the problem:

1. Rename the Project.

   • For example, the issue was with "C:\NividousCode\Production_Daily_HealtchCheck" (Eclipse returned error that this overlaps with another project - which was true I did have another project in another directory called "C:\cjaphe\Production_Daily_HealtchCheck")

2. Solution was to "C:\NividousCode\Production_Daily_HealtchCheck" to "C:\NividousCode\Production_Daily_HealtchCheck_TEMP"

When I the projected, Eclipse did not complain! and worked!