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Asked: 2026-06-07T09:42:45+00:00

I have an old eclipse java project which is stored in SVN. I wish

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I have an old eclipse java project which is stored in SVN. I wish to create a new one based on the old one but without the SVN files. I’ll be doing some experimental changes to it and I want to have the old one as backup basically. Anyone can give advice on how to do this? Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have a number of options:

    1. Don’t do a check-out (which creates the metadata files, allowing for changes to be easily and later committed), but an export instead. From the “SVN Repositories” view in Eclipse, right-click the project folder, then click “Export…”.
    2. Just check-out a 2nd copy of the project from SVN, naming it with a different project name in the workspace to keep it distinct. Just refrain from checking-in any changes back to the SVN repository.
    3. Copy the project as usual, and simply delete the SVN metadata files.
    4. Same as #3, but let Eclipse do this for you – using Team / Disconnect.
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