Consider using Maven-based projects (more or less the industry standard, so why not) even for the very first Java programs, which would have as a side effect that NetBeans would open them automatically from Git without any additional steps.
Gj On Friday, September 28, 2018, John McDonnell <mcdonnell.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Roger, > > Just tried this and your correct with how it seems to work. > > I guess the problem here is that the projects don't follow a particular > format, and so NetBeans might struggle, and the wizard is an attempt to > allow you to create a project around the sources, using the Java Project > from Existing Sources option maybe? > Using this option you'll need to ensure you select the correct project > folder as the wizard will attempt to create a new project (or at least it > looked like it for me there), and ensure you set the correct source and > test folders so that NetBeans can handle those correctly. > > Alternatively you could try selecting the Open Sources in Favourites > option in the Clone Completed dialog and select close. This would allow > you to see the clones sources without any interference from the IDE. > > Regards > > John > > > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 at 14:59, Roger Debry <debr...@uvu.edu> wrote: > >> I have students who are writing their first Java programs, and pushing >> them to GitHub. I want to clone their projects so that I can grade them. I >> tried a simple “Hello world” Java application as a test to make sure that >> all of my instructions were accurate and that I could in fact clone a Java >> project from GitHub. As I explained, Netbeans 9 will clone the source code >> files, but when it goes to create the project, it brings up the new project >> dialogue and then creates a Java application with an empty main(). The URL >> of this test program is https://github.com/debryro/test.git >> >> Roger deBry >> >
