I inherited a Java project in the form of an Eclipse project. After changing the Tomcat configuration (from v6 to v7), Subclipse prompted me to commit the following files:
.classpathorg.eclipse.core.prefsorg.eclipse.common.project.facet.core.refsorg.eclipse.common.project.facet.core.xmlWill commiting them help my team members or will it mess with their workspace?
What is the best practice approach to this?
Generally speaking, you should check-in (and commit after changes) everything that does contribute to the build AND is not re-generateable by re-building completely AND is workstation-specific. (The implications of this statement depend on your build process/procedure, which is intended.)
This implies you should exclude everything that is re-generated upon full build etc. so it is not checked in (and not offered for check-in).