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icon5.gif  Why Is Copied Project Automatically Updated .. . [message #1696506] Tue, 26 May 2015 16:30 Go to next message
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I copy a Java or Android project into a NEW Java or Android working set with a different name.

But when I make any change to the classes within the copied project, I find that they are automatically transferred to the original project's code . . .

Can I configure Eclipse so that any changes I make to a given copy of a project will NOT be made to the original project ?

I am trying to do this so that I can have a fixed copy of my project at different stages of development.
Re: Why Is Copied Project Automatically Updated .. . [message #1696518 is a reply to message #1696506] Tue, 26 May 2015 21:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 05/26/2015 02:30 PM, Thomas Kirby wrote:
> I copy a Java or Android project into a NEW Java or Android working set
> with a different name.
>
> But when I make any change to the classes within the copied project, I
> find that they are automatically transferred to the original project's
> code . . .
>
> Can I configure Eclipse so that any changes I make to a given copy of a
> project will NOT be made to the original project ?
>
> I am trying to do this so that I can have a fixed copy of my project at
> different stages of development.

The project is the project. Making it a member of a different working
set doesn't make it the copy of a project.

Working sets are just a way to organize how you see your projects in the
workspace.

Create a new project and copy the files into it. This will make a
difference.

Mind you, one would ordinarily adopt the use of a version-control system
like Git and maintain different branches for this.
Re: Why Is Copied Project Automatically Updated .. . [message #1696965 is a reply to message #1696518] Fri, 29 May 2015 14:30 Go to previous message
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Works.
Many thanks.
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