Question

What do you think has to be kept on SVN when working in Java with Eclipse and Maven?
Why?

I’m talking about the Eclipse specific files, Maven files, and other files.

This question is general and applies to all version control system.

Thanks

Answer 1

1. Everything needed to build the code (source files, project manifests, build scripts, etc.)
2. Nothing created from building the code (binary outputs, test runner results, etc.)

The goal is that if you don’t have anything from the project on your workstation and you grab the head revision from trunk, you should be able to immediately build and run the project.