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Associating existing Eclipse project with existing SVN repository

Asked 2010-02-16T14:28:01.600
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I have an eclipse project on my hard disk, which is a fairly recent check out from an SVN repository. I've imported this project into my Eclipse workspace, and now want to associate it with the SVN repository.

How do I do this? The only options I seem to have under Right-click -> Team is "Share Project", which only seems to allow me to do an initial import.

Edit: Motivation - It's a largish repository, and I don't really want to have to import the whole thing over the network.

Edit 2: There are (for some reason) no .svn dirs in the project. So maybe a fresh import from svn is the only option

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Team->Share project is exactly what you need to do. Select SVN from the list, then click "Next". Subclipse will notice the presence of .svn directories that will ask you to confirm that the information is correct, and associate the project with subclipse.

answered 2010-02-16T14:38:28.580
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I'm asked this question very frequently, if it's smart to use "Share project..." if a eclipse project has been disconnected from it SVN counterpart in the repository. So, I append my answer to this thread.

The SVN-Team option "Share project ..." is totally fine for projects that exist in SVN and in your Eclipse workspace, even if the Eclipse project is missing the hidden .svn configuration. You can still connect them. Eclipse SVN-implementation (Subclipse/Subversive) will verify if the provided SVN http(s) source is populated. If yes, all existing files will be copied and linked (checked out in SVN terms) to your very personal Eclipse workspace.

Word of caution:

  • Do a backup if you depend on you local files. The SVN implementation may vary its behaviour with every release.
  • If you have multiple projects encapsulated within each other, make sure you point the SVN path to the correct local path.

regards, Feder

answered 2013-04-02T14:13:48.410

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