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Copy Mylyn context to new project [message #722959]

Wed, 07 September 2011 06:04

Eclipse User

Hi,

I would like to know how I can copy the context build within one Eclipse project to another eclipse project. Often I need to either rename a project or I may have several projects with the same source or I would like to share my context between PC's. Problem is if I rename the project, I loose the context and there are no options to export/copy/transfer the context to other project.

Even if someone can tell me in what file the context is stored on the file system at least I could try and copy and edit the file to give it the credentials of the new project.

Any Idea's guys?

Thanks

Re: Copy Mylyn context to new project [message #723202 is a reply to message #722959]

Wed, 07 September 2011 23:43

Eclipse User

If you go to File->Export->Tasks->Task List and Contexts, you can export your context.

The Mylyn context is saved in the directory
<workspace>/.metadata/.mylyn

I'm not completely sure which files in that directory you need. If this isn't enough to get you started, let me know and I'll go figure it out.

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Kaitlin Duck Sherwood
Tasktop Support and Services Engineer

Re: Copy Mylyn context to new project [message #800036 is a reply to message #723202]

Thu, 16 February 2012 11:03

Eclipse User

Hi,

I've had a look at the file you mentioned and there is a collection of different zip file here which contain lots of xml files. I could of course search through these files for the project name and rename them manually but this seems like a real hack!

There must be a better way to do this, as it's something I would imagine would be very useful for a lot of people. Is there a simpler way to do this that I am missing?

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