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How to export / share projects without SCM? [message #874954] Mon, 21 May 2012 21:11 Go to next message
martin nichols is currently offline martin nicholsFriend
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I wish to a share project (or project set), I am using QVCS as my SCM (unsupported). I am happy to do some manual steps but don't know which files to share (short of the whole .metadata directory). Using Indigo SR1. Thanks.

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Re: How to export / share projects without SCM? [message #874956 is a reply to message #874954] Mon, 21 May 2012 21:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
David Wegener is currently offline David WegenerFriend
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On 05/21/2012 04:11 PM, martin nichols wrote:
> I wish to a share project (or project set), I am using QVCS as my SCM
> (unsupported). I am happy to do some manual work but don't know which
> files to share (short of the whole .metadata directory). Using Indigo
> SR1. Thanks.
Never share the .metadata directory. This is specific to your workspace
and should not be shared with other developers. You should share all
files in the projects you create. This includes the .project file
created in the root directory and the .classpath file created for Java
projects. Other project types may have a similar project configuration
file, so check for your project types. If you have project specific
settings, you should consider sharing the .settings directory and its
contents.

You don't need to share generated files (.class files for Java, .o files
for C++, etc).
Re: How to export / share projects without SCM? [message #875073 is a reply to message #874956] Tue, 22 May 2012 05:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
martin nichols is currently offline martin nicholsFriend
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Thanks for clearing that up.

Also, having had a closer look at the Export feature it looks like I can share a whole bunch of other workspace 'configuration settings' via the file system without being dependant on SCM :)
Re: How to export / share projects without SCM? [message #875298 is a reply to message #875073] Tue, 22 May 2012 13:40 Go to previous message
Russell Bateman is currently offline Russell BatemanFriend
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On 5/21/2012 11:14 PM, martin nichols wrote:
> Thanks for clearing that up.
>
> Also, having had a closer look at the Export feature it looks like I can
> share a whole bunch of other workspace 'configuration settings' via the
> file system without being dependant on SCM :)

If you're doing this repeatedly, Export will grow quickly tiresome.

In addition to what David said, be careful about how you wire up Javadoc
and/or source code to any third-party JARs you use in development. If
you do this the wrong way, you'll invade your .classpath file with paths
that are meaningless on others' filesystems.

If you have this problem now or in the future check back here and I (or
someone else) will help you solve it.
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