Bug 276634 - Separate folder for project files
Summary: Separate folder for project files
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 3.4   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-Core-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2009-05-17 17:49 EDT by Marvin Fröhlich CLA
Modified: 2010-01-05 09:19 EST (History)
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Description Marvin Fröhlich CLA 2009-05-17 17:49:37 EDT
Build ID: I20080617-2000

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I often work on projects, that are saved to SVN (using subclipse). And many of these projects are worked on by other members of the projects using Netbeans. Netbeans stores its project configuration in its own subfolder. And Eclipse should also do so, so that the project's root folder isn't "contaminated" by all these Eclipse specific files (from a Netbeans point of view). This would not only be fair to the Netbeans folks, but would also be cleaner.

Of cours this doesn't mean a break of backwards compatibility, since Eclipse could simply seach for the project files in the project's root folder first and then in the known subfolder (.eclipseproject for example) or vice versa. Default should be the subfolder.

If a project is once saved using a subfolder, it knows about it.

Marvin

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