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corsiKa
corsiKa

Reputation: 82559

Hide files in eclipse navigator

I love to use the Navigator view in Eclipse. I know most people are like "ahhh Project Explorer or riot!!" but really I like Navigator and I'm able to get work done with it.

I recently imported a git project. And it shows the .gitkeep files in the Navigator window.

I want them gone.

I've googled, I've searched menus, I just can't find a way to do it. I turned off all .* files in the mean time, but I'd really like to define my own filter.

A couple nuggets of wisdom I found:

  1. You can do it but "not without coding" - okay, well I am a developer - coding what? is it hard?
  2. "That's what working sets are for" - it appears working sets just let me assign what files to keep - I don't want to have to go through every folder, and ignore this file every time. I want to one-and-done it.
  3. Is this possibly a git setting? I see a "hideDotFiles" setting but I don't know what to put there to make it work.

I'm pretty desperate. It shouldn't bother me, but it does. How can I make this stupid file disappear?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 75

Answers (1)

cybersam
cybersam

Reputation: 66977

That should be pretty easy.

Follow these instructions and add an Exclude all filter for Files whose Name matches .gitkeep.

  • To create a resource filter:
  • In one of the navigation views, right-click the project or folder where you want to create the resource filter.
  • From the pop-up menu, select Properties. The properties dialog will open.
  • Expand the Resource section.
  • Click the Resource Filters section.
  • Click Add....
  • Specify the filter type, to what entries it applies to, and enter the condition.
  • Click OK.
  • Click OK.

Upvotes: 1

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