I'm using maven 2.0.9 with Eclipse 3.3.2.
I'm used to launching a fresh build once per day by a mvn clean install.
Then, if I refresh my Eclipse project, it will be "polluted" by files from Maven's target directory.
That's very annoying while performing searches, getting resources by "open resource" and so on.
Is there a way to avoid Eclipse looking in this folder?
To solve this problem here is what I did:
-----------Cut below here for script--------------
/*
* Menu: Find System Prints > Beanshell
* Script-Path: /GroovyMonkeyScripts/monkey/UpdateMavenDerived_Beanshell.gm
* Kudos: Bjorn Freeman-Benson & Ward Cunningham & James E. Ervin
* License: EPL 1.0
* LANG: Beanshell
* DOM: http://groovy-monkey.sourceforge.net/update/plugins/net.sf.groovyMonkey.dom
*/
out.println("Setting target directories to derived status.");
var projects = workspace.getRoot().getProjects();
for ( var i = 0; i < projects.length; i++) {
var project = projects[i];
if (project.isOpen()) {
out.println("Project: " + project.getName());
var members = project.members();
for ( var j = 0; j < members.length; j++) {
if (members[j].getName().equals("target")) {
out.println("setting derived status on: "+ members[j].getFullPath());
members[j].setDerived(true);
}
}
}
}
Did you try configuring the "Java Element Filters" option dialog box, (through the top-right arrow of the project explorer) ?
If needed, you can define your own ViewerFilter
When Eclipse freezes, looking at the process activity, I can see it browsing all my target, .hg and .git directories. Moreover, those directories are also copied into Eclipse's bin directory. A lot of CPU and disk usage for nothing.
Not cleaning the target directory is not an acceptable solution.
There was a solution using a Monkey script (http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Eclipse-amp-target-directory-td72354.html) but the project has been closed.
I still look for a solution to tell Eclipse to ignore Maven target directories, as well as .hg and .git directories.
Eclipse continuously watching those is a pain.
I also use m2eclipse but it doesn't solve that issue.