Re: [pde-dev] Single plug-in in Git. Project Layout

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW I suggest option 1). You can always
edit the readme.md and other root files like .gitignore using EGit's "Git
Repositories" view under "Working Directory". Or if not
using EGit, it can be edited with File > Open File. Keeping the plugin
in a child folder also gives you a natural way to later add documentation,
tests, or other files outside the plugin directory as needed over time.
Having the plugin at the root of the repository feels very constraining
and will likely limit your options as the code evolves.

John




From:      
 Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>
To:      
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developers list." <pde-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 
Date:      
 03/11/2013 08:54 AM
Subject:    
   [pde-dev] Single
plug-in in Git. Project Layout
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Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the best layout for a single plug-in project in
Git. The project has a readme.md file (to be visible on the GitHub 
frontpage) and tests. I've tried two options:

1. A plug-in and a test fragment.

/here.is.my.plugin
   /src
   /META-INF
   ...
/here.is.my.plugin.testfragment
   /src
   /META-INF
  ...
/readme.md

The problem with this layout is that since the readme.md file is not 
part of any project, it is not visible in Eclipse.

2. The root of the Git repository is the root of the plug-in. In this 
case I cannot have a test fragment.

/src/main/
/src/test/
/META-INF
/readme.md

This layout seems natural to me. The tests are bundled with code and the
readme.md is at the root of it all, but I cannot get the JUnit plug-in
tests to work unless I actually include the test-classes on my 
Bundle-Classpath. What seems to be lacking is that the generated 
"dev.properties" file used by the PDE launcher does not contain
the test 
classes. Is there a known remedy for this problem?

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren

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