SVN Ignore Eclipse Project Files

Max Rohde Java September 28, 2010September 28, 2010 1 Minute

Problem

How to stop svn from synchronizing eclipse meta data in a project (eg .project files)

Solution

Add a number of project specific or global svn ignore directives. In the latter case, eclipse meta data will be ignored in all of your projects.

You can add the following pattern for exclusion

.eclipse
.settings
.project
.classpath

Below the eclipse settings to add global ignore pattern:

Published by Max Rohde

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Published September 28, 2010September 28, 2010

Julia Teterleva says:

September 14, 2011 at 6:42 pm

Why pattern .project doesn`t work ?
I go to “add patern” .project , .classpath , so when I push “Syncronize with repository” I see .project files.
Thanks for any suggestions!

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Julia Teterleva says:

September 14, 2011 at 6:44 pm

My Eclipse Platform :

Version: 3.6.0
Build id: I20100608-0911

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1. Max Rohde says:
  
  September 14, 2011 at 7:22 pm
  
  Hi Julia,
  
  have you checked out the .project file before. If so, it must first be manually deleted before it can be ‘ignored’ (gave me lots of headaches …).
  
  Max
  
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Mike Argyriou says:

September 10, 2014 at 6:05 pm

Thanks for the post. Also add .metadata to the list of the ignored files/folders.

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