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Re: [m2e-dev] Metadata File > 700 MB
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Hi Will,
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Will Herrmann <wjherrmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I recently discovered that there is a metadata file for m2e that has ballooned to over 700 MB in size. Specifically, its file path is:
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> [Eclipse Workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.m2e.core/nexus/26522e0d83a422eed93329ece7565cfc/_1n.cfs
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> The name of the file, and the folder that contains it, are not descriptively named, so I have no idea what this file is or if it's important to m2e's operation. I see that it was modified recently on my computer (about 2 hours ago), but I'm not sure why, especially since I haven't been working on any Maven projects lately.
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> Is this 700 MB file a bug? Should I (somehow) send it to someone? Is it safe to delete it? Any help would be appreciated.
IIRC this is the Lucene index used by m2e for its searches. You can
delete it but It will probably get recreated. Also I think it got
disabled by default in 1.5 .
Robert
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> Thanks in Advance,
> -Will Herrmann
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