Maintaining a common set of Eclipse preferences

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Maintaining a common set of Eclipse preferences

Whenever I switch workspaces/Eclipse installs I need to copy/redo the preferences:

compiler settings;
font sizes/families;
code formatter;
java code templates;
editor templates;
code clean-ups;

I would like to maintain these settings in an unitary way, preferrably under source control. How can I do that?

I know about 'copy settings' when creating a new workspace, but it does not keep updated copies.

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VonC 2009-06-04 16:59:31

That's a very good suggestion. Do you keep them in sync using git as well or do you have a script running some sort of git export and pulling them back?

Robert Munteanu 2009-06-04 19:39:37

Actually, it is still kind of manual, but git allows you to pull those files, while merging them if they already exists (which is the case when your project already has some specific settings)

VonC 2009-06-04 20:24:56

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Check out Pulse Freelance Edition. It has the ability to sync workspaces (commercial).

zvikico 2009-06-04 17:01:45

Hi Experts,

considering the above screen shot for preference window, It is showing active profile as "Eclipse [adjusted]". Is there a way or file where it is stored. so that I can read that file and display message stating that "Current profile is set Eclipse [adjusted]".

Please guide me through this.

Regards, Akash Mahakode

akash mahakode 2010-05-31 11:51:54

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