# Sibling products in a common source tree

### Layout on file system

- The source files for products are laid out in one big directory that is version and configuration managed outside Eclipse.
- The source directory contains two siblings directories "Product1" and "Product2".

### Steps for defining corresponding projects

1. Open a Java perspective, select the menu item File > New > Project.... to open the New Project wizard.
2. Select Java project in the list of wizards and click Next.
3. On the next page, type "Product1" in the Project name field. Click Next.

4. On the next page, Select "Product1" source folder and click Add Folder....

5. In New Source Folder dialog, type "JavaSourceFiles" in the Folder name field.

   Click Advanced. Check Link to folder in the file system.

   Click Browse.... and choose the "JavaSourceFiles" directory in "Product1".

6. Click OK to close the dialog.

7. Click Yes in confirmation dialog to have "Product1/bin" as default output folder.

8. Your project source setup now looks as follows:

9. Click Finish.
10. Repeat these steps for "Product2".
11. You now have two Java projects which respectively contain the sources of "Product1" and "Product2".

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