We too have switched the Eclipse build output folder. Having both Eclipse and Maven compile to the same place tends to cause Eclipse to go haywire in reporting false build errors as well as send it off into build/rebuild cycles unnecessarily.
On Nov 8, 2007 7:05 AM, adam hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a major Con with that, as mentioned, which is that Eclipse > doesn't like the Maven compiled classes and running JUnit or other > operations after a cmd-line mvn compile causes Eclipse to throw that > exception. > > My question is better defined: is your Pro (making Eclipse follow mvn > convention for its build dir) actually any advantage at all? > > I don't think it is, which is why I changed Eclipse to build to /build/, > but I'd like to get other people's experience about it. > > > Thanks > Adam > > > Hirn, Joseph wrote: > > You can just change the output directory of Eclipse to target/ instead > > of build/. The pros are following the conventions of Maven and the con > > is having to set this for each project. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:53 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [m2eclipse-user] target directory vs. build directory > > > > What are the pros and cons of using the same or different directories > > for the build directory in Eclipse and Maven? > > > > I am running Eclipse with my project configured to compile into > > project/build/classes > > > > while maven on the command line by default compiles into > > project/target/classes > > > > Previously I had set the project to use 'target' and I think that was > > the reason why I would always have to rebuild my project before running > > JUnit - otherwise the tests refused to run, giving me ClassNotFound > > exceptions. > > > > This is Eclipse 3.3 and m2eclipse 0.0.11 > > > > Thanks > > Adam > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > >
