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Why .metadata is so huge? [message #776386]

Sun, 08 January 2012 03:17

Eclipse User

Hi friends,

I realized the the .metadata directory created in a workspace is quite big (around 20MB for web projects, and around 10 MB for desktop projects). What does Eclipse do in the .metadata directory?

Thanks.
Nick

Re: Why .metadata is so huge? [message #776565 is a reply to message #776386]

Sun, 08 January 2012 14:41

Eclipse User

Hello

Eclipse maintains indexes of classes to speed up the class search and
content assistance. This consumes quite a bit of disk real estate.

Besides that the local histories of all files is kept. You may
configure how much data Eclipse keeps for each file.

Cheers
Michael

Re: Why .metadata is so huge? [message #776692 is a reply to message #776565]

Sun, 08 January 2012 23:39

Eclipse User

Thanks for your reply.
How can I configure how much data Eclipse keeps for local histories?

Re: Why .metadata is so huge? [message #776770 is a reply to message #776692]

Mon, 09 January 2012 03:46

Eclipse User

On 09.01.2012 05:39, Nick Clevery wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> How can I configure how much data Eclipse keeps for local histories?
Window > Preferences > General > Workspace > Local History

Dani

Re: Why .metadata is so huge? [message #777488 is a reply to message #776770]

Tue, 10 January 2012 10:38

Eclipse User

Thanks Dani, I got it.

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