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Could not write metadata for '/someproject'. [message #499972]

Tue, 24 November 2009 10:53

Eclipse User

EDIT:
Solved it by deleting the .metadata directory (D:\Programming\Java\.metadata).

Hey there,

I recently encountered the following error on my laptop:

Could not write metadata for '/someproject'.
D:\Programming\Java\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.reso urces\.projects\someproject\.markers.snap (The system cannot find the path specified)

Odd, I though and reinstalled Eclipse. Today, however, I encountered the exact same error on my desktop. I've never seen the error message before (been using Eclipse for quite a while), and the installations on both laptop and desktop were brand new. My laptop is even newly formatted. Both machines run Windows 7 (32 bit on laptop, 64 bit on desktop), and D: is the second out of two partitions on each of the computer's drives whereas C: is the first and system drive. I'm synchronizing data between the machines (entire D: drive with a few exceptions not including D:\Programming), and I figure this somehow affects Eclipse. However, I just successfully removed read-only and hidden attributes on all files on my laptop's entire D: drive and still got the error on project load!

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT:
The failure occurs upon periodic save and, apparently, project load and manual save.

[Updated on: Tue, 24 November 2009 18:30] by Moderator

Re: Could not write metadata for '/someproject'. [message #500100 is a reply to message #499972]

Tue, 24 November 2009 18:28

Eclipse User

Solved it by deleting the .metadata directory (D:\Programming\Java\.metadata).

[Updated on: Tue, 24 November 2009 18:29] by Moderator

Re: Could not write metadata for '/someproject'. [message #867722 is a reply to message #499972]

Tue, 01 May 2012 08:53

Eclipse User

I am having the exact same problem - I do not consider deleting the .metadata folder a solution

Any ideas ?

Should I file a bug ?

The RemoteSystemsTempFiles project is long gone

The problem occurred after cloning a git repo - consisting of a workspace with various eclipse projects in it - and switching to this workspace

[Updated on: Tue, 01 May 2012 08:55] by Moderator

Re: Could not write metadata for '/someproject'. [message #868336 is a reply to message #867722]

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:16

Eclipse User

Alright - I did a File > Refresh on the whole of the workspace (for other reasons) and it went away (it told me project RemoteSystemsTempFiles does not exist - should I remove it - I said yes and all fine) Still looks like a bug to me - it should fail gracefully no ?

[Updated on: Tue, 01 May 2012 15:16] by Moderator

Re: Could not write metadata for '/someproject'. [message #868385 is a reply to message #868336]

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:35

Eclipse User

Workspaces are not meant to be shared. You shouldn't check a workspace into a repo. You should only check projects into repos.

[Updated on: Tue, 01 May 2012 21:44] by Moderator

Re: Could not write metadata for '/someproject'. [message #869975 is a reply to message #867722]

Sat, 05 May 2012 07:53

Eclipse User

On 05/01/2012 06:54 AM, Palmer Eldritch wrote:
> I am having the exact same problem - I do not consider deleting the
> metadat folder a solution
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Should I file a bug ?
>
> The RemoteSystemsTempFiles project is long gone
>
> The problem occurred after cloning a git repo - consisting of a
> workspace with various eclipse projects in it and switching to this
> workspace

(For all sorts of reasons, workspaces cannot be shared. Commit only
projects to source-code/version control.)

Re: Could not write metadata for '/someproject'. [message #879043 is a reply to message #499972]

Wed, 30 May 2012 08:31

Eclipse User

No - not really - see (and reply) here : ht tp://stackoverflow.com/questions/4278601/what-of-eclipse-project-metadata-can-i-safely-ignore-in-git-mercurial

Also see :
ht tp://stackoverflow.com/questions/116121/do-you-keep-your-project-files-under-version-control/119377#119377

ht tp://stackoverflow.com/questions/2024307/what-should-be-committed-to-the-repository-in-the-eclipse-workspace

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