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
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