Re: [recommenders-dev] gitignore not ignoring project files

[Andreas Sewe <andreas.sewe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hallo,

> Sorry for asking so many questions.

no problem; that's what this list is for.

> The eclipse project files (.project) are getting changed during the
> import as eclipse maven project. But they shouldn't bother as .project
> files are in .gitignore. But still, on git status the following message
> arrives.

You are right. Our primary project metadata is in the pom.xml files,
from which m2e derives Eclipse's .project file.

This works fine -- for most of our projects...

> # On branch experiment
> # Changes not staged for commit:
> #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working
> directory)
> #
> #modified:   tests/org.eclipse.recommenders.calls.rcp.tests/.project
> #modified:   tests/org.eclipse.recommenders.completion.rcp.tests/.project
> #modified:   tests/org.eclipse.recommenders.rcp.tests/.project
> #modified:   tests/org.eclipse.recommenders.tests/.project
> #
> no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

The above four projects contain Xtend code (which we sometimes use to
write tests in).

Unfortunately, Xtend does not yet have a decent m2e connector which
tells m2e how to keep the .project in sync with the pom.xml.

> what shall i do, so that i don't end up making commits which are not
> needed, and may end up polluting the source tree.

Just don't add the four .project files to your Git index and you should
be fine.

Hope this helps.

Andreas

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