Hi Tom, > make, the first thing it does is delete all the class files in the output > directory for things that aren't in the project. This Is Bad.
This behaviour is optional. (File | Project Properties | Compiler | Synchronize output directory checkbox). > You might want to rethink this concept of getting rid of "unnecessary" > files. Do you have any suggestions? Best regards, Eugene Zhuravlev JetBrains, Inc / IntelliJ Software, http://www.intellij.com/ "Develop with pleasure!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 23:51 Subject: [Eap-list] 612 - dependency based make deletes important files > We have a large source tree. I usually make projects that are rooted at a > small part of that source tree. > > So my source root might be net/comanage/foo and my project root is > net/comanage/foo/install. If I tell my project to do a dependency based > make, the first thing it does is delete all the class files in the output > directory for things that aren't in the project. This Is Bad. > > Also, our build does a good amount of code generation, where java files are > generated and compiled. I fear that even if I set my project root to be the > root of the source tree, if I copied over the class files from a build > machine, Idea would then blow away all the class files that go with > generated files. > > You might want to rethink this concept of getting rid of "unnecessary" > files. > > -Tom > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "But we don't talk about it > we just become shadows of ourselves" > -Duncan Sheik, In the Absence of Sun > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
