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Vijay
Vijay

Reputation: 13

How and when are .metadata and .plugins folders created in eclipse

I want to know how and when are the .metadata and .plugins folders created in eclipse.

More specifically when and how does .plugins folder gets created in our workspace.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 449

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

.metadata/.plugins will be created when any of the installed plugins asks for the plugin's 'state location' using the InternalPlatform.getStateLocation API.

This usually happens as soon as the workspace is created because plugins such as org.eclipse.core.resources and org.eclipse.core.runtime want to store information in the state location immediately.

Upvotes: 1

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