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is there any sense of a project file ? [message #162845]

Fri, 04 June 2004 14:30

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dzd.dolby.com

I wish to have a "project" file that i can check in and share among
developers as in most other IDEs. Does eclipse have this idea ?

-Derek

Re: is there any sense of a project file ? [message #162853 is a reply to message #162845]

Fri, 04 June 2004 15:09

Eclipse User

Derek Desjardins wrote:
> I wish to have a "project" file that i can check in and share among
> developers as in most other IDEs. Does eclipse have this idea ?
>
> -Derek
>
>
There is a .project file in the root dir of your projects. Althopugh I
have to say that I dislike commiting such things to cvs as others always
seam to trample all over them, but thats just me :)

Rob

Re: is there any sense of a project file ? [message #162861 is a reply to message #162853]

Fri, 04 June 2004 15:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: richkulp.NO.SPAM.us.ibm.com

It is important to check it in. It tells you what kind of project it is,
like that it is a java project and what builders are to be used. You
should also check in the .classpath file.

--
Thanks, Rich Kulp

Re: is there any sense of a project file ? [message #162869 is a reply to message #162861]

Fri, 04 June 2004 16:00

Eclipse User

Rich Kulp wrote:
> It is important to check it in. It tells you what kind of project it is,
> like that it is a java project and what builders are to be used. You
> should also check in the .classpath file.
>
The only reason I have grown to dislike it lately has been that people
on a couple of the projects that I am on have been changing the name of
the project, adding external classpath info, additional dependent
projects, etc.. It's just been a complete mess at times and completely
frustrating. But as long as you can reign that in your all set. It's
all about the company you keep ;)

Ron

Re: is there any sense of a project file ? [message #162877 is a reply to message #162869]

Fri, 04 June 2004 16:28

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com

rob dingwell wrote:
> Rich Kulp wrote:
>
>> It is important to check it in. It tells you what kind of project it
>> is, like that it is a java project and what builders are to be used.
>> You should also check in the .classpath file.
>>
> The only reason I have grown to dislike it lately has been that people
> on a couple of the projects that I am on have been changing the name of
> the project, adding external classpath info, additional dependent
> projects, etc.. It's just been a complete mess at times and completely
> frustrating. But as long as you can reign that in your all set. It's
> all about the company you keep ;)

Yes, discipline from team members is important.
Another thing that makes shared .classpath more useful is to use
Classpath Variables when referring to non-workspace libraries. For
example, if log4j lives outside your workspace, define a Classpath
Variable that points to log4j home and then refer to the JAR in terms of
that variable instead of something like c:\Java\log4j\...

HTH,
Eric

Re: is there any sense of a project file ? [message #162885 is a reply to message #162869]

Fri, 04 June 2004 20:51

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: bytor2001.comcast.net

rob dingwell wrote:
> Rich Kulp wrote:
>
>> It is important to check it in. It tells you what kind of project it
>> is, like that it is a java project and what builders are to be used.
>> You should also check in the .classpath file.
>>
> The only reason I have grown to dislike it lately has been that people
> on a couple of the projects that I am on have been changing the name of
> the project, adding external classpath info, additional dependent
> projects, etc.. It's just been a complete mess at times and completely
> frustrating. But as long as you can reign that in your all set. It's
> all about the company you keep ;)
>
> Ron

When I have been in similar situations, I branched the file (or files)
in question. Merging a few months later can be a real bitch, though,
but if its the only way you can keep your own development environment
happy and stable, just do it.

ciao,
-xbytor

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