@Thomas: I wasn't actually suggesting to remove the copy action. My impression is that this is a NetBeans bug (copy should work) or otherwise a minor UX bug (the action should be disabled if we can't manage).
Of course the copy action is valuable. But since everybody was explaining how to copy *outside* NetBeans I was just half-questioning why we even have copy in there? We have it for a reason and it should work! --emi On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 11:08 PM Thomson, Duncan <dunc...@mitre.org> wrote: > > I think the ability to copy projects within NetBeans is valuable, and should > not be removed. I use it, not for making backups, but for creating a new > project in which I want to reuse some existing code or other stuff from an > existing project. > > > > Duncan > > > > From: Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 1:27 PM > To: Thomson, Duncan <dunc...@mitre.org> > Cc: Luis tuti <mierdat...@gmail.com>; Geertjan Wielenga > <geert...@apache.org>; NetBeans Mailing <users@netbeans.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: duplicate project netbeans error, how coud I do it? > > > > I think Luis figured out how to copy that folder but the question is why > can't NetBeans figure that out? > > > > Our copy action could be disabled if there is something that we don't support > anyhow. > > > > Or, we could get rid of the copy action entirely. > > > > The problem is one of NetBeans UX. > > --emi > > > > lun., 6 mai 2019, 19:21 Thomson, Duncan <dunc...@mitre.org> a scris: > > I don’t know what it means for a project to have “external source roots”, but > as others have noted, you have other (better) ways of making a backup of your > code rather than using the Netbeans function to copy a project. > > > > Let me elaborate slightly. > > > > One way to do this is to use your operating system, outside of netbeans, to > copy the directory structure. I would recommend first exiting netbeans, just > to make sure everything is actually written out to disk. Then navigate to > the directory containing the project and copy the entire directory structure. > > > > For example, on a Linux system your project might be > /home/luistuti/NetBeansProjects/MostExcellentProject > > > > Then you would use something like: > > $ cp –archive MostExcellentProject MostExcellentProject-copy > > > > Or create a tarball, using something like: > > $ tar -cvzf MostExcellentProject.tgz MostExcellentProject > > > > But a much better way is to use a source code configuration control tool. > Nowadays everyone is using git, and it’s really powerful, so unless you > already have a favorite that you want to use, I suggest you get on board with > git. Netbeans has very good integration with git, so you can do it from > within Netbeans, or you can just go to the command line and run git commands > from there. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Duncan > > > > From: Luis tuti <mierdat...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 6:36 AM > To: Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> > Cc: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org>; NetBeans Mailing > <users@netbeans.apache.org> > Subject: [EXT] Re: duplicate project netbeans error, how coud I do it? > > > > Yes, that's it. > > > > El lun., 6 may. 2019 a las 10:08, Emilian Bold (<emilian.b...@gmail.com>) > escribió: > > Maybe this is the copy action from NetBeans? > > --emi > > > > lun., 6 mai 2019, 10:48 Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> a scris: > > You don't need NetBeans to copy a project, you can just go to your file > system and copy it there. > > > > Gj > > > > On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 8:30 AM Luis tuti <mierdat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to copy a project to have a backup and mofiy my copy but I > get: "The project has one more external source roots and cannot be copied" > > Someone could help me? > > Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
