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I would like to build a new project based upon my existing. Since there are internal names that need to be changed to correspond with the project file names, I don't know the simple way to accomplish this without a mess.

mobibob
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Here are steps I have done:

  1. Copy the whole folder of that project and rename the folder to whatever new name you want.
  2. Following the direction in the answer from this SO to change the "product name".

That is it.

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user523234
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I would suggest you do NOT "save as" any project. Because to handle two copies of a same code is very very painful.

If you just want give your project a new name or make some new build settings, add a new "target" is good enough.

And if you want to use your existing project in another project, simply add it as a sub-project is a better way.

But just try to avoid to have many copies of one code, it's hard to maintain in the future.

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  • I agree with your concern, but this is not the case for maintaining two copies. I like your recommendation for creating the new target and the subproject. However, this time, I just wanted to try some new concepts but not disrupt the original. Later I may merge - but more likely just throw away. It is essentially a poor man's branch without the fancy source control :) – mobibob Sep 16 '11 at 17:58