Why is it so hard to copy an Xcode project?

Never had any problems copying Xcode projects myself. Just copy the top level directory (the one the .xcodeproj file resides in). I've used this to move projects between directories on the same machine as well as copying the project to a new machine.

If you run a clean before doing the copy you'll cut down on the cruff that resides in the project, you'll copy a smaller amount of data and the build in the new location will go easier.

Never used VisualC so can;t comment on that.

I guess I'm missing your point. You asked about copying a project as I wrote I've never had a problem doing it as I outlined.

As for renaming a project that's a different situation as I am sure you realize. And even at that looking at the link you posted the procedure does not seem overly onerous.

And of course there is no need to rename if you are moving or copying a project,

regards

Keith Barkley wrote:

Yes, but then you have to go through this:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1625/_index.html

to rename things.

I think you didn't see the note on that page that said:

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I renamed a project the other day in Xcode6.1 without too much effort. Just change the name of the project inside Xcode. Xcode will handle the rest. The only thing it left were a couple of comments and the name of the containing folder. Even there, that was only a couple of places like the InfoPlist file.

Keith Barkley wrote:

Maybe copy is the wrong word, I would like to fork a project, rename it and continue with both projects.

Yep I agree, copy is definitely the wrong word 😀

If you are looking to fork a project I suggest you use the source code control tools in Xcode. Will make managing both forks a lot easier.