eclipseeclipse-tracecompass

Stop eclipse from creating .tracecompass directory

Upon opening my project in Eclipse 4.7.3.a on my ArchLinux a folder named .tracecompass keeps re-creating in the root folder of my project. If I remove it, it keeps recreating upon the next project opening.

How to disable the creation of this folder? Why is it created in the first place, when i don't want to use tracing futures?

I guess this is related to Eclipse Trace Compass. My googling skills brought me Trace Compass RCP User Guide, but I can't find there the info about how to disable it.

I guess I can rm /usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.tracecompass.* plguins from eclipse, but that wouldn't be nice. Is there a better solution to this problem?

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@edit: The project is hosted on gitlab, here's the link to .project file.

Solution

  • As a workaround to disable Trace Compass in a project:

    1. Delete the .tracecompas subfolder
    2. Close the project
    3. Open the project

    This should permanently remove the following line in the .project file (which is hidden in views like Project Explorer, but visible in the Navigator view):

    <nature>org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.project.nature</nature>

    See also comment #2 in Eclipse bug 533420.