Why is Eclipse trying to copy my .svn folders from src to bin, and how can I make it stop?
I have checked out a bunch of java code using subversion 1.6 and then I imported those projects into eclipse. Subclipse 1.6 picked up the fact that the plugins are under version control, except for a few folders.
I now get a bunch of errors like:
The resource is a duplicate of src/.svn/all-wcprops and was not copied to the output folder
If I delete the project (from eclipse not on disk) and reimport it, that fixes the problem about half the time. But since I have dozens of projects that are having this problem, it means reimporting them 10-20 times before I get them all working. This is very painful, and I am tired of doing it every time someone adds a new plugin to svn or when I need to recreate a workspace for some reason.
Is there an easier way to fix this than delete and reimport? Or is there a way to prevent this problem in the first place?
Answer
Add the .svn folder to the Excluded list for your Source Folder.
- Project->Properties
- Java Build Path
- Source tab
- Select 'Excluded'
- click
- Click next to the Exclusion patterns section on the bottom
- Add the .svn folder and any others that do not need to be copied to the output directory