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

Sun, 08 January 2012 08:17

Nick Clevery

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Registered: January 2012

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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

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

Sun, 08 January 2012 19:41

Michael Pellaton

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

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

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

Mon, 09 January 2012 04:39

Nick Clevery

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Registered: January 2012

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

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

Mon, 09 January 2012 08:46

Dani Megert

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Registered: July 2009

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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

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