Sharing a workspace for many developers in Eclipse

Question

How can I share a workspace in Eclipse (Helios or Indigo) so that many developers are able to work in one project?

I know about SVN but I don\'t want to use that.

Answer 1

You should absolutely use source control, whether it be SVN, Git, or something else. This is definitely going to be the best way to manage your project and prevent your developers from stepping on each others toes.

Can you explain your opposition to source control?

If you really are looking for a quick solution, how about just having the project in a shared network folder. One person can set up the project in that location, and the .project file (and others) will be created in that directory. Then each developer, on his or her own workstation will have an installation of Eclipse. They can then 'import' the existing project from the shared folder. This will mean that all developers are editing the same files at the same time. It will work, but you will have issues if two people try editing the same files at the same time (one person's edits will surely be lost). Source control exists to avoid issues like this.

EDIT: Note the distinction between sharing a project and sharing a workspace. You cannot share a workspace between multiple people; each developer should have his or her own workspace locally saved on their computers. You can share a project, which each separate workspace will point to.