public void readDirectoryMappings(final Element element) {
    myMappings.clear();

    final List<VcsDirectoryMapping> mappingsList = new ArrayList<VcsDirectoryMapping>();
    boolean haveNonEmptyMappings = false;
    for (Element child : element.getChildren(ELEMENT_MAPPING)) {
      final String vcs = child.getAttributeValue(ATTRIBUTE_VCS);
      if (vcs != null && !vcs.isEmpty()) {
        haveNonEmptyMappings = true;
      }
      VcsDirectoryMapping mapping =
          new VcsDirectoryMapping(child.getAttributeValue(ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY), vcs);
      mappingsList.add(mapping);

      Element rootSettingsElement = child.getChild(ELEMENT_ROOT_SETTINGS);
      if (rootSettingsElement != null) {
        String className = rootSettingsElement.getAttributeValue(ATTRIBUTE_CLASS);
        AbstractVcs vcsInstance = findVcsByName(mapping.getVcs());
        if (vcsInstance != null && className != null) {
          final VcsRootSettings rootSettings = vcsInstance.createEmptyVcsRootSettings();
          if (rootSettings != null) {
            try {
              rootSettings.readExternal(rootSettingsElement);
              mapping.setRootSettings(rootSettings);
            } catch (InvalidDataException e) {
              LOG.error(
                  "Failed to load VCS root settings class "
                      + className
                      + " for VCS "
                      + vcsInstance.getClass().getName(),
                  e);
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    boolean defaultProject =
        Boolean.TRUE.toString().equals(element.getAttributeValue(ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULT_PROJECT));
    // run autodetection if there's no VCS in default project and
    if (haveNonEmptyMappings || !defaultProject) {
      myMappingsLoaded = true;
    }
    myMappings.setDirectoryMappings(mappingsList);
  }
 @Override
 public void setDirectoryMappings(final List<VcsDirectoryMapping> items) {
   myHaveLegacyVcsConfiguration = true;
   myMappings.setDirectoryMappings(items);
 }