StartProjects are not visible in JetBrains IDE

[adietish]

Describe the bug

When using a devfile to configure the workspace and using a startProject(s) in it, the startProject is cloned but not displayed in the Jetbrains IDE(A).

Che version

7.112@latest

Steps to reproduce

1. ASSERT: have a git repo with a devfile.yaml that defines a starterProject:

starterProjects:
  - name: springbootproject
    git:
      remotes:
        origin: "https://github.com/devfile-samples/springboot-ex.git"

2. EXEC: create a workspace choosing JetBrains IDEA Ultimate as an editor and the gitrepo pointed at above

3. EXEC: when the workspace is created, open the link to get the JetBrains IDE
4. EXEC: look at the sources that you see in the Project tree

Result:

The sources for the startProject are not displayed. Only the content of the git repo is displayed, the devfile.yaml.

Expected behavior

The sources for the startProject should be visible in the project tree, too, like they are in vscode

Runtime

OpenShift

Screenshots

No response

Installation method

other (please specify in additional context)

Environment

other (please specify in additional context)

Eclipse Che Logs

Additional context

No response

[adietish]

The sources for the starterProject were cloned to the workspace.

In JetBrains IDEA one can achieve visibility for the sources of the starterProject (which are present in the workspace pod/container) by adding the folder with the starterProject as additional source for the main module:

[ibuziuk]

In general, usage of starterProjects is not recommended
Does it work correctly with vanilla projects - https://github.com/ibuziuk/meta-workspace/blob/main/devfile.yaml
in the general case, devfile should just be part of the repo with no projects definitions in it

[adietish]

The projects exists on the container but are not displayed in the IDE:

I'd file this to a new issue: #23688

Closing this issue as KNOWN_ISSUE