Where does Eclipse manage workspace information?

Regis May

Background: I've created a clone of an Eclipse Java project, renamed some folders and some identifiers, and tried to import it to integrate it into my Eclipse workspace. The result: Autodetection of project aspects surprisingly did not work as expected.

I compared all kinds of Eclipse files beween these two projects and can not see any real difference. Furthermore I don't find any information Eclipse would store in these projects beyond very basic project aspects. However, there MUST be a place where Eclipse stores information as there apparantly EXIST difference settings for both projects.

So my question is: Where does Eclipse store information about projects in a workspace?

I know this question has been asked before, but the answers are quite old and therefore wrong for current Eclipse installations. That's why I ask this question again.


Update: User greg-449 is perfectly right. In contrary to my statement the storage location has not changed. In consequence this means that this question is redundant to the existing ones.

greg-449

Data is still stored in the .metadata directory.

The location of that directory is taken from the osgi.instance.area system property.

You can check the value of osgi.instance.area in the 'Installation Details' dialog on the 'Configuration' tab (use 'Help > About' to open the installation details dialog)

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