how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

RE: how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

Justin Reina — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 03:08:07 GMT

Segger made this very difficult, here is an example with illustration for the blinky demo(s) -

Segger Project Duplicate Procedure

RE: how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

Timothy — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:39:48 GMT

closed

RE: how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

Timothy — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:50:26 GMT

can be closed

RE: how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

Timothy — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:27:20 GMT

Simon

this worked great. I am able to duplicate a project and rename it. Thanks. we can close this ticket.

RE: how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

Simon — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:58:15 GMT

All you need to do is to simply copy your project folder next to your initial project. E.g if you want to duplicate the project <..>\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160\my_project you copy my_project, paste it into <..>\ncs\nrf\samples\nrf9160 and rename it to e.g. my_project2. You may have to clean/delete the build folder in order to build it again.

You should be aware of several things when copying your project to a new location:

If your project depends on changes done to any of the repositories in NCS, you can not copy it into a new NCS without those changes.
- You should try to avoid changing any of the NCS repos at all costs. E.g. this approach let's you modify configurations for child images. This works for the device tree as well (set(<image_name>_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/<name>.overlay))
- If you have to modify the NCS repos, you can make a pull request to the upstream, or use this workflow
If your project includes paths depending on your location of the project, it will not work if the folder depth is different. A good practice is to use absolute paths relative to ZEPYR_BASE, like it's done here.
If you copy it outside the NCS folder, make sure to set the ZEPHYR_BASE, as well at the toolchain env. variables

Best regards,

Simon

RE: how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

Timothy — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:01:52 GMT

Simon

I do NOT want to make a project from scratch. I have a working project "asset tracker" that has most of the components and operations I need.

It is a very complicated program with may levels of folders and files that all interact and a complicated build system.

I want to duplicate that file with a new name "my name" and build it. That way I know exactly what is working and where everything is but going forward it a new project with a new name. It just started out identical to asset tracker.

If I start from scratch the odds that I can create the exact asset tracker are minimal.

is there a process to duplicate a project? With all of the great examples that you provide I cannot believe that this has not been solved. surely customers want to start with one of your examples for their application.

RE: how do I duplicate a Segger Embedded Studio project

Simon — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:19:31 GMT

Check out this tutorial: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/cellular-iot-guides/b/getting-started-cellular/posts/nrf-connect-sdk-tutorial

This will show you have to create a project from scratch, both using SEGGER and west. Be aware that it's written using NCS v1.0.0 (the latest is v1.2.0), but it will be updated in the near future.

Best regards,

Simon