= IntelliJ nice way to duplicate an existing project =
Have your base project open
From the project use {nav Right Click > Refactor > Copy... }
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Give it a new name and select the **Parent Directory**
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IntelliJ creates it but does not open it automatically
Go to nav{File > Open...}
Select the folder with your new project, here `new-project`
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== Thing== Changes to
change within IntelliJ ==reflect the new project properties ==
T=== In the POM
, ===
To reflect the new project. to reflect the newImportant fields are
# `artifactId`,
new
# `name`
,
# `descriptio
n`n`
# `main-class` (in the `properties` tag)
From=== In the {nav File > Project Structure...}
you
You can change the following things
`Project Name`
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`Module Name` under **Modules**
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=== The actual Java Class ===
Navigate to one of the Java Classes in your new project and hit
{nav Right-click > Refactor > Rename...}
And rename it to reflect your new project.
== Nice things to have ==
If you want to have things getting copied to your Fiji installation when you hit **install**
```
<scijava.app.directory>C:/My_Fiji/</scijava.app.directory>
<scijava.app.subdirectory>plugins/My_Dir</scijava.app.subdirectory>
```
This should be between the `<properties>` tabs