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How to automatically open/close or import/delete projects when checking out branches [message #1384690]

Fri, 30 May 2014 12:39

Michael Scharf

Messages: 301
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

I have a repository with different branches and some
projects exist only in some branches. What is the
best strategy to switch branches in those cases?

Once I have imported a project into my workspace,
everything is fine. Eclipse closes it and opens
it as it disappears and reappears. But this
works only for projects that contain files that
are not managed by git (e.g. a bin directory).
Projects that are totally removed, the project
needs to be re-imported.

I wonder if there is a mechanism that allows me
to specify the projects that are part of a given
revision.

I can imagine two solutions:

1. have an 'auto-import mode', where new projects
in a git repository are automatically imported

2. a file in the the git repository, that contains
a list of projects that are supposed to imported
into the workspace

In both cases I should be able to say, "keep this
project closed, even if it disappears and re-appears".

I know there are many different workflows, but I think
it would be very helpful to be informed in some way
when new projects appear in a git repository. Else I
have to potentially do an "import existing projects"
whenever git changes.....

Michael

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