13 Replies Latest reply on Mar 20, 2010 2:26 AM by dgolovin

    Cloning a workspace

    asookazian

      We create a new workspace in Eclipse for each JIRA issue.  I'd like to clone (or default) my settings for my workspace for each successive workspace.  Is there a way to do this so that my JBT settings, etc. are consistent and to save time?

        • 1. Re: Cloning a workspace
          peterj

          I tend to work with many workspaces, creating each for specific needs. I use the File | Export | General | Preferences to export my preferences into a file. Then in the new workspace I use File | Import | General | Preferences and load up the preferences file.

           

          The only time I have any issues with this is when I move thep references file to a different computer which has different JVMs installed, or JVMs installed in different locations. But when that happens the only thing I have ot change is the registered JREs in the preferences - everything else in imported without issue.

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          • 2. Re: Cloning a workspace
            asookazian

            Thanks for the answer, that was very helpful.  I tried it and it didn't seem to work the way I expected it to.  For example, in the new workspace's task list view, I have to add the JIRA repository again for the Mylyn JIRA connector (i.e. it's not already there as I expected).  Is this supposed to happen or not?  Also, when i exported, the options available for preferences is "Installed JREs" only.

             

            export_eclipse_prefs1.GIF

            Is this normal?  will this export everything in terms of preferences in my original workspace?

             

            Here is the .epf file contents:

             

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            • 3. Re: Cloning a workspace
              peterj

              I always choose Export All, not "Choose Specific Preferences" like you did.

              • 4. Re: Cloning a workspace
                asookazian

                I actually selected "Export All", that screen shot is after the fact and is inaccurate, sorry...

                 

                I imagine that's why there is so much metadata in the .epf file (b/c I selected "export all")...

                • 5. Re: Cloning a workspace
                  dgolovin

                  it looks like when you export all preferences it goes through all*.pref files in


                  $WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings

                   

                  and convert pref file content to

                   

                  /instance/${pref-file-name-no-extension}/${property-name}=${property-value}

                   

                  and if Mylyn settings for jira is not there it means they are saved not in .settings/*.psf file but somewhere else.

                  • 6. Re: Cloning a workspace
                    dgolovin

                    Here they are in ${WORKSPACE}/.metadata/.mylyn/repositories.xml.zip

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                    • 7. Re: Cloning a workspace
                      asookazian

                      I exported the prefs of the 2nd workspace:

                       

                      #Fri Mar 19 16:01:04 PDT 2010
                      file_export_version=3.0
                      @org.eclipse.jdt.launching=3.5.1.v20100108_r352
                      /instance/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PREF_VM_XML=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8"?>\r\n<vmSettings defaultVM\="57,org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType13,1268927419877">\r\n<vmType id\="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType">\r\n<vm id\="1268927419877" javadocURL\="http\://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/" name\="jdk1.5.0_22" path\="C\:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.5.0_22"/>\r\n</vmType>\r\n</vmSettings>\r\n
                      \!/=

                       

                      Much less contents, so obviously the first export was an "export all".

                      • 8. Re: Cloning a workspace
                        asookazian

                        Hey thanks!  So it's a matter of knowing how to import the Mylyn preferences (and any other non-standard preferences) into the new workspace.  I'm assuming the way to do it is to copy the .mylyn folder into the new workspace's .metadata folder.

                        • 9. Re: Cloning a workspace
                          asookazian

                          I just deleted the contents of the new workspace's folder.  Then re-opened the workspace.  The imported the prefs.  There is the following folder now:

                           

                          C:\Documents and Settings\asookazian\workspace\testImportPrefs\.metadata\.mylyn\contexts\activity.xml.zip

                           

                          Here is the contents of the activity.xml:

                           

                           

                          <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"  ?>
                            <InteractionHistory Id="activity"  Version="1">
                            <InteractionEvent Delta="added" EndDate="2010-03-19 16:11:45.355 PDT" Interest="1.0" Kind="attention"  Navigation=" " OriginId="org.eclipse.ui.workbench" StartDate="2010-03-19 16:10:44.465  PDT" StructureHandle="none"  StructureKind="workingset" />
                            </InteractionHistory>
                          This file and others are there as well:
                          C:\Documents and Settings\asookazian\workspace\testImportPrefs\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings\org.eclipse.mylyn.context.core.prefs

                           

                          Message was edited by: Arbi Sookazian

                          • 10. Re: Cloning a workspace
                            dgolovin

                            File C:\Documents and  Settings\asookazian\workspace\testImportPrefs\.metadata\.mylyn\contexts\activity.xml.zip might be just generated by by Mylyn core plug-in and  contains default values.

                            • 11. Re: Cloning a workspace
                              dgolovin

                              Obviously not all plug-ins are following a good practice to provide  preferences transferors through "org.eclipse.ui.preferenceTransfer"  extension, that's why there is no something like "Mylyn JIRA Connector Repositories" in Preferences group of Preferences Import dialog.

                              • 12. Re: Cloning a workspace
                                asookazian

                                I just noticed that there is a copy settings option when you switch to a new workspace.  This allows you to copy workbench layout and working sets.

                                 

                                Ok, so the prefs are literally all the preferences settings in Window --> Preferences dialog?

                                 

                                It only shows the installed JRE as an option though in the pic above.  So I don't really know all the prefs it's saving until you look into the .epf file...

                                • 13. Re: Cloning a workspace
                                  dgolovin

                                  There are several scopes definde for preferences:

                                  1. Instance - preferences saved in eclipse/configuration and the are available in all workspaces

                                  2. Workspace - saved .metadata

                                  3. Project  - .settings folder in project root

                                   

                                  If preference page implementation follows good practices and save preferences in workspace scope then it should be picked up by Export dialog, but implementation is free to serialize preferences values somewhere else.

                                   

                                  So literally preferences settings are showed in Window->Preferences... dialog,  but that doesn't mean all of them are going to be imported through Import Preferences dialog.

                                   

                                  There could be others like CVS and SVN repositories and so on.