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A project with just a program builder doesn't show up during clean if the builder is configured to run only after a "Clean". Reproducible steps: 1. Create a general project 2. Add a "program builder" 3. In Build options tab, only select, After a "Clean" 4. Select Project->Clean The particular project is not shown. If 'During a "Clean"' is selected under Build Options, it is listed.
This is a bit confusing, but expected. We could probably do better to make sure that it shows up. More specifically, the reason is that when the build trigger is being asked for build modes it supports, the external tools framework reads the <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_RUN_BUILD_KINDS" value="full,clean"/> launch config property and reports back to the build framework. In the case of 'After a Clean' only the value of the aformentioned preference is "full", so the build framework ends up thinking the builder does not apply to a clean build, hence it does not show the project in the listing (also because there are no other registered builders that do support a clean build kind). See org.eclipse.core.externaltools.internal.model.BuilderCoreUtils for more information on how we configure build triggers.
Thanks for the explanation. Actually I thought 'After a "Clean"' meant, truly after a clean, but I understand that it is supposed to be called before a build and after a clean. However, as 'After a "Clean"' builder can be triggered only on Clean, the project should be listed. As I understand this should be a build framework bug rather than Ant/External tools bug, right?
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