There is a workspace in Eclipse (Xilinx SDK is an Elcipse-based environment). There are 4 projects in it. The .metadata directory has also been created in the Workspace directory. The entire directory in the SVN system. A large number of incomprehensible files are constantly generated in this .metadata folder. Which of them can be excluded from version control?

  • ideally, everything that you do not write should not be in the version control system (except for the results of code generation) - etki
  • Ideally, yes. And in real life? - Reffum 1:01 pm
  • In real life it depends on the language, platform and tools used in each case. - PinkTux

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I do not know how this is done in SVN, but the list of files can be specifically specified here gitignore.io . As an example, the list for xilinx