Hi,
I'd like to exclude certain folders (and all their subfolders) from searching within Eclipse, is this possible?
Thanks, Don
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A:
The quick and dirty way:
Right click on a folder, go to properties, and mark a folder as derived. Derived entities are excluded from searching by default.
The safe way:
Create a working set including only those entities you want searched and search only within that working set. See Dave Ray's answer for details on this procedure.
Instantsoup
2009-01-14 14:38:18
Like Dave noted in his answer: setting things that are not really derived to be derived might cause problems. Like when using Maven to create a distribution.
Arjan
2010-01-12 08:40:05
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A:
I could imagine that marking resources derived might cause problems in other areas. Instead, create a working set with the folders you want to include in the search:
- Open Search dialog (ctrl+h)
- Change search scope to Working Set
- Click Choose ...
- Click New to create a new Working Set with the what you want searched (or Add All and then remove the ones you want filtered
Dave Ray
2009-01-14 14:47:59
i wonder what to do if there's sh*tloads of files I want excluded, like all the .svn entries and what not. I simply don't want the search to yield results from the SVN metadata when searching for stuff in `*.*` There doesn't seem to be a friendly way of telling the working set to exclude these files.
Peter Perháč
2010-06-15 11:05:18