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| <p>A running instance of Eclipse Che. To install an instance of Eclipse Che, see <a href="../../installation-guide/installing-che/" class="page">Installing Che</a>.</p> |
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| <p>An existing workspace with plug-ins related to your development environment defined on this instance of Eclipse Che <a href="../creating-and-configuring-a-new-workspace/" class="page">Creating and configuring a new Che 7.18 workspace</a>.</p> |
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| <p>You can do it in two ways <strong>before</strong> starting a workspace:</p> |
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| <p><a href="#creating-a-custom-workspace-from-the-dashboard_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project">Select a sample from the Dashboard, then change the devfile to include your project</a></p> |
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| <p><a href="../configuring-a-workspace-using-a-devfile/" class="page">Configuring a workspace using a devfile</a></p> |
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| <p>To create a new workspace to edit an existing codebase, use one of the following three methods <strong>after</strong> you have started the workspace:</p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <p><a href="#importing-from-the-dashboard-into-an-existing-workspace_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project">Import from the <strong>Dashboard</strong> into an existing workspace</a></p> |
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| <p><a href="#importing-to-a-running-workspace-using-the-git-clone-command_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project">Import to a running workspace using the <code>git clone</code> command</a></p> |
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| <p><a href="#importing-to-a-running-workspace-with-git-clone-in-a-terminal_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project">Import to a running workspace using <code>git clone</code> in a terminal</a></p> |
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| <h2 id="creating-a-custom-workspace-from-the-dashboard_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"><a class="anchor" href="#creating-a-custom-workspace-from-the-dashboard_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"></a>Select a sample from the Dashboard, then change the devfile to include your project</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="ulist"> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <p>In the left navigation panel, go to <strong>Get Started</strong>.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Click the <strong>Custom Workspace</strong> tab if it’s not already selected.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>In the <strong>Devfile</strong> section, select the devfile template that will be used to build and run projects.</p> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/che-select-devfile.png" alt="Select a devfile from the list"> |
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| </div> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>In the <strong>Devfile editor</strong>, update <code>projects</code> section:</p> |
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| <img src="../_images/workspaces/devfile-projects.png" alt="Update projects section of the devfile"> |
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| <td class="icon"> |
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| <div class="title">Example: add a project</div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>To add a project into the workspace, add or edit the following section:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code class="language-yaml hljs" data-lang="yaml">projects: |
| - name: che |
| source: |
| type: git |
| location: 'https://github.com/eclipse/che.git'</code></pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>See the <a href="../making-a-workspace-portable-using-a-devfile/#devfile-reference_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project" class="page">making-a-workspace-portable-using-a-devfile.adoc#devfile-reference_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project</a>.</p> |
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| <li> |
| <p>To open the workspace, click the <b class="button">Create & Open</b> button.</p> |
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| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="importing-from-the-dashboard-into-an-existing-workspace_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"><a class="anchor" href="#importing-from-the-dashboard-into-an-existing-workspace_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"></a>Importing from the Dashboard into an existing workspace</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="olist arabic"> |
| <ol class="arabic"> |
| <li> |
| <p>Import the project. There are at least two ways to import a project using the <strong>Dashboard</strong>.</p> |
| <div class="ulist"> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <p>From the <strong>Dashboard</strong>, select <strong>Workspaces</strong>, then select your workspace by clicking on its name. This will link you to the workspace’s <strong>Overview</strong> tab.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Or, use the gear icon. This will link to the <strong>Devfile</strong> tab where you can enter your own YAML configuration.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Click the <strong>Projects</strong> tab.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Click <strong>Add Project</strong>. You can then import project by a repository Git URL or from GitHub.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </div> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/che-config-projects-add-git.png" alt="Add projects to workspace"> |
| </div> |
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| <div class="admonitionblock note"> |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="icon"> |
| <i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i> |
| </td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>You can add a project to a non-running workspace, but you must start the workspace to delete it.</p> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
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| </table> |
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| <div class="sect2"> |
| <h3 id="_editing_the_commands_after_importing_a_project"><a class="anchor" href="#_editing_the_commands_after_importing_a_project"></a>Editing the commands after importing a project</h3> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>After you have a project in your workspace, you can add commands to it. Adding commands to your projects allows you to run, debug, or launch your application in a browser.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>To add commands to the project:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="olist arabic"> |
| <ol class="arabic"> |
| <li> |
| <p>Open the workspace configuration in the <strong>Dashboard</strong>, then select the <strong>Devfile</strong> tab.</p> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/workspace-config-yaml.png" alt="Add commands to workspace"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Open the workspace.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>To run a command, select <strong>Terminal</strong> > <strong>Run Task</strong> from the main menu.</p> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/run-command.png" alt="Run task"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>To configure commands, select <strong>Terminal</strong> > <strong>Configure Tasks</strong> from the main menu.</p> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/configure-command.png" alt="Configure tasks"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
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| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="importing-to-a-running-workspace-using-the-git-clone-command_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"><a class="anchor" href="#importing-to-a-running-workspace-using-the-git-clone-command_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"></a>Importing to a running workspace using the <strong>Git: Clone</strong> command</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>To import to a running workspace using the <strong>Git: Clone</strong> command:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="olist arabic"> |
| <ol class="arabic"> |
| <li> |
| <p>Start a workspace, then use the <strong>Git: Clone</strong> command from the command palette or the Welcome screen to import a project to a running workspace.</p> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/che-welcome.png" alt="Welcome screen"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Open the command palette using <code>F1</code> or <code>CTRL-SHIFT-P</code>, or from the link in the Welcome screen.</p> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/git-clone-command.png" alt="Invoke git clone command"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Enter the path to the project you want to clone.</p> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/git-clone-command-2.png" alt="Configure git clone command"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="importing-to-a-running-workspace-with-git-clone-in-a-terminal_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"><a class="anchor" href="#importing-to-a-running-workspace-with-git-clone-in-a-terminal_creating-a-workspace-by-importing-source-code-of-a-project"></a>Importing to a running workspace with <code>git clone</code> in a terminal</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>In addition to the approaches above, you can also start a workspace, open a <strong>Terminal</strong>, and type <code>git clone</code> to pull code.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="imageblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <img src="../_images/workspaces/git-clone-terminal.png" alt="Run git clone in a terminal"> |
| </div> |
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| <div class="admonitionblock note"> |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="icon"> |
| <i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i> |
| </td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Importing or deleting workspace projects in the terminal does not update the workspace configuration, and the change is not reflected in the <strong>Project</strong> and <strong>Devfile</strong> tabs in the dashboard.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Similarly, if you add a project using the <strong>Dashboard</strong>, then delete it with <code>rm -fr myproject</code>, it may still appear in the <strong>Projects</strong> or <strong>Devfile</strong> tab.</p> |
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