How can I exclude some folders from my Eclipse project?

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jkp picture jkp · Jul 27, 2009 · Viewed 58.4k times · Source

I'm adding an eclipse project to our existing code-base, and I'd like to know if there is a way to exclude some directories from being picked up by eclipse at all? The reason is that we have a huge "third-party" directory in our repository that cannot be present in the project for the pair-programming plugin we are using to be able to sync efficiently.

Any clues?

Answer

Gleb Varenov picture Gleb Varenov · Jun 12, 2011

There is a straight way to do it:

  1. Right-click a project folder in Project Explorer tree and go to "Properties".
  2. Resource -> Resource Filters.
  3. Add as many exclusion filters for files/folders as you like.

P.S. If your project tree is not updated automatically you may have to press F5 while having input focus in Project Explorer window.

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