Re: Configuring identical Eclipse/WOLips settings on multiple computers

From: Chuck Hill (chil..lobal-village.net)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2008 - 15:04:12 EDT

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    On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:

    >> I'm not impressed with Eclipse' support for multiple developers
    >> sharing the same workspace and/or project settings.
    > As you said above, .settings is per-project and is actually intended
    > to be committed to version control. For instance, in Wonder, we
    > commit the coding style preferences so that everyone gets the same
    > style settings for reformatting, etc.
    >
    > For workspace settings, you should NOT copy the .metadata folder to
    > multiple people -- it's going to cause all sorts of strange
    > problems. The metadata folder is not just workspace settings, but
    > also things like local revision history, etc. The proper way to do
    > this is to File=>Export=>Preferences and File=>Import=>Preferences.

    ??? Where did that come from? I bet that has been there a long time
    without me noticing it.

    > Any failings in this procedure are most likely WOLips-specific and
    > you should log bugs for it.
    >
    > You can also export Team Project Sets (I think is what they're
    > called) if you want to share a set of predefined project checkouts.
    >
    > ms
    >
    >

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