Re: Directory structure for project in Eclipse using Subclipse

Tim,

Thank you.  I am still having trouble making sense of this.  Do you keep 
track of tags?  And if so would you suggest a separate Eclipse project 
for each tag?

Do you use Subclipse's mechanism to "Configure Branches/Tags"?  (found 
in the context menu for a project -> Team -> Configure Branches/Tags)

Subclipse keeps on making directories in places that seem wrong to me. 
I am wondering if it would be easier to forget Subclipse and do all my 
version control from a command prompt.

Thanks again,
Rich Hammer


Uttormark, Tim wrote:
> Assuming that you are using the "standard/suggested" setup for branching
> in subversion, each directory under "branches" should represent the
> entire content of "trunk" at a different point in time.
> 
> What you want then is one Eclipse project for trunk, and another for
> each branch.  The Eclipse .project and .classpath files go immediately
> under the trunk and branch directories, and are versioned along with the
> branch.  For instance, the set of jars can change over time; this is
> reflected in a change to the .classpath file in each branch/trunk.  You
> would not want to try to share one .classpath across branches as it
> could not account for this.
> 
> So:
> 
> projectHome_current (maps to SVN trunk, represents V3 in my example)
>   - src
>   - bin
>   - .project
>   - .classpath  (has jars needed for current [V3] build)
> 
> projectHome_v1 (maps to SVN branches/v1_branch)
>   - src
>   - bin
>   - .project
>   - .classpath  (has jars needed for v1 build)
> 
> projectHome_v2 (maps to SVN branches/v2_branch)
>   - src
>   - bin
>   - .project
>   - .classpath  (has jars needed for v2 build)
> 
> 
> -- Tim Uttormark
>    Principal Java Architect, Peopleclick
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Richard O. Hammer
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:52 PM
> To: Java Users Group
> Subject: [Juglist] Directory structure for project in Eclipse using
> Subclipse
> 
> I am trying to figure out how to set up a project in Eclipse that will 
> use Subversion through the Subclipse plug-in.  I want a directory 
> structure that is logical and useful.
> 
> The documentation I see suggests using three directories under the 
> project home, one each for: trunk, branches, and tags.  But how does 
> that relate to the src and bin directories Eclipse likes to use?  Are 
> all five of those in the project home?  Or is there some way to set up 
> Eclipse to recognize a structure like this:
> 
> projectHome
> - trunk
>    - src
>    - bin
> -tags
> -branches
> 
> Or am I supposed to have a top level package named "trunk" in a 
> structure like this:
> 
> projectHome
> -src
>   - trunk
>   - tags
>   - branches
> -bin
> 
> What works?
> 
> Thank you,
> Rich Hammer
> 
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