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Bug 346209

Summary: Team > Commit wants to commit .metadata folder content
Product: [Technology] EGit Reporter: Mathias Kinzler <mathias.kinzler>
Component: UIAssignee: Project Inbox <egit.ui-inbox>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: robin
Version: 0.12   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
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Description Mathias Kinzler CLA 2011-05-18 06:02:43 EDT 
When using Team > Commit on a repository created using the Git Sharing Wizard, all files in .metadata are offered for commit. I guess this is because of the new "Commit resources outside workspace" feature...
Not sure if the commit code should be fixed or if the Git Sharing Wizard should simply show a confirmation dialog warning to the user that they are sharing their workspace (and what the consequences are). The dialog could also say something like "You should move your projects to a location outside your workpace by right-clicking on "Refactor > Move..." before sharing them.

I found this because I'm currently writing a short chapter for the EGit user guide describing recommendations for exactly this kind of problems. I'll post this chapter sometime soon for feedback.
Comment 1 Robin Stocker CLA 2013-09-29 10:00:06 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 332834 ***