Add a project to a workspace

Matthew Mucker

I created project "foo" in Code Composer Studio for the MSP430 Launchpad.

I want to try different ways to accomplish foo. So in the filesystem, I copied the "foo" folder to "foo2" so I now have two project folders with identical files.

How do I add project "foo2" to the existing workspace? If I select File.. New.. New CCS Project and type the path to foo2, I get an error, "A file or project already exists at this location in the file-system."

over 14 years ago

0 Brad Griffis over 14 years ago

TI__Guru*** 125430 points

Some of the underlying project files contain the project name, so if you make a copy and try to import you get a name collision. Here's how I do it:

Make a copy of the project. The copy will stay "foo".
Inside CCS, rename your original project to foo2. That way CCS can change the underlying files too.
Import "foo".

0 Matthew Mucker over 14 years ago in reply to Brad Griffis

Prodigy 80 points

Thanks, Brad! That's a bit convoluted and not very intuitive, but it works. I appreciate the help.

0 Brad Griffis over 14 years ago in reply to Matthew Mucker

TI__Guru*** 125430 points

I should have mentioned -- perhaps an easier way is to simply start a new workspace and then import the copied project. That allows you to avoid the name collision altogether.

0 Ki over 14 years ago in reply to Brad Griffis

TI__Guru**** 465171 points

You can also right-click on the project you wish to make a copy of in the 'C/C++ Projects' view and select 'copy' and then 'paste'. It will then ask you for a new name for the copied project and create a copy with a project folder of that name. that way you can do everything from inside CCS and not have to manually import it.

0 78Sys over 14 years ago in reply to Ki

Expert 1540 points

Great answer -- very simple and effective.

Thank you.

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