From 2586c1006cd380dbf1ca312d16b16ced92062183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan J Baxter Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:31:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added documentation about configuring m2eclipe to use .settings.xml file Fixes gh-14 --- docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-base.adoc | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-base.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-base.adoc index 1e1bb7ba..36ab9f47 100644 --- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-base.adoc +++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-base.adoc @@ -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: