Added documentation about configuring m2eclipe to use .settings.xml file

Fixes gh-14
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Ryan J Baxter
2015-07-09 12:31:33 -04:00
committed by Dave Syer
parent 68664d2bbe
commit 2586c1006c

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@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ We recommend the http://eclipse.org/m2e/[m2eclipe] eclipse plugin when working w
eclipse. If you don't already have m2eclipse installed it is available from the "eclipse
marketplace".
Once the projects are imported into Eclipse you will also need to tell m2eclipse
to use the `.settings.xml` file for the projects. If you do not do this you may
see errors many different errors related to the POMs in the projects.
Open your Eclipse preferences, expand the Maven preferences, and select User Settings.
In the User Settings field click Browse and navigate to the Spring Cloud project you
imported selecting the `.settings.xml` file in that project. Click Apply and then OK to
save the preference changes.
==== Importing into eclipse without m2eclipse
If you prefer not to use m2eclipse you can generate eclipse project metadata using the
following command: