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Content of the .project file [message #171788]

Wed, 17 December 2003 19:20

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: kleine_matthias.gmx.de

Hi,

I am about to checkin a project into a CVS, and
what I ask myself is if I should add the .project
and the .classpath files to the repository.

That is why I want to know more about the content
of that .project file. Which kind of information
is stored there? Does it make sense to "share"
this information when committing it to CVS or
should anybody who checks out the Java project
configure his own .project and .classpath files?

Thanks for any hints!
--
Matthias

Re: Content of the .project file [message #171805 is a reply to message #171788]

Wed, 17 December 2003 21:26

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: davidoii.hotmail.com

You can open it up, it is just a plain text file. And yes, you should
share that with the people in your CVS project; the .project file
associates different types of natures (usually only a Java nature) and
specifies the project name (probably does some other things too). The
..classpath file stores the information for the classpath to use to
compile your source. Note that you should use variable names to specify
the locations of your .jar files that you are including so that the
..classpath file is not constantly being modified by other developers if
they store their shared libraries if a different location that you.

David

Matthias Kleine wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am about to checkin a project into a CVS, and
> what I ask myself is if I should add the .project
> and the .classpath files to the repository.
>
> That is why I want to know more about the content
> of that .project file. Which kind of information
> is stored there? Does it make sense to "share"
> this information when committing it to CVS or
> should anybody who checks out the Java project
> configure his own .project and .classpath files?
>
> Thanks for any hints!

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