[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: ">" char before the project name ?

["Walter Harley" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"David Williams" <davidw_news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Walter Harley wrote:
>> "David Balazic" <david.balazic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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>
> > ... or mark them as 'ignored' so
>> that SVN doesn't try to add them, as appropriate.
>
> I'd advise not to mark them as ignored, especially for a "newcomer" :)
> The .project file and .settings folder contains important information 
> about the project that should be the same for anyone checking the project 
> out of the project. Sometimes it is vitally important, sometimes just 
> handy, and seldom ok to not have them at all.

True if the project is being shared as an Eclipse project per se.  But in 
open-source cases (e.g., a company I worked for over the last year), one may 
not want the published projects to be associated with any particular IDE. 
The fact that the project is already in an SVN repository but apparently 
doesn't have any Eclipse artifacts associated with it suggests that may be 
the case in this instance.  Only the OP knows for sure...