The fact that the .idea format breaks apart the project-specific configuration into multiple files makes it possible to share only those aspects that actually make sense to be shared, e.g. inspection configurations, shared run configurations, etc. and to not share those settings that are very user-specific like window positions, etc.
To me, this is a huge difference, and I cannot imagine working on a multi-user project with the old .ipr format anymore. Regards, Etienne On 19.07.2011, at 04:20, Peter Niederwieser wrote: > > Hani Suleiman wrote: >> >> Some questions about this as I'd dearly love to use it but have a few >> concerns... >> >> - Why is it generated the old .ipr format, rather than files using the >> .idea directory format?' >> > > This is the first time I hear that .ipr is the "old" format. Isn't it still > the default in IDEA? How is the "new" format better except that it allows to > check in some parts but not others in to source control? > > > Hani Suleiman wrote: >> >> - The workspace file is supposed to be a user's private workspace settings >> (open editors, etc), what's the point of ever generating this? >> > > I'm not sure if you can open a project without an .iws, but maybe we can do > better here. Any suggestions? In the Gradle build itself we use this for > sharing run configurations across the team (integration tests, run Gradle, > etc.). > > -- > Peter Niederwieser > Principal Engineer, Gradleware > http://gradleware.com > Creator, Spock Framework > http://spockframework.org > Twitter: @pniederw > > -- > View this message in context: > http://gradle.1045684.n5.nabble.com/IDEA-plugin-tp4599556p4610682.html > Sent from the gradle-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
