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I get a message saying the .vcm_meta file is obsolete and should be deleted. Should I really delete it?

April 26, 2017delete deleted file message Obsolete

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I get a message saying the .vcm_meta file is obsolete and should be deleted. Should I really delete it?

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In Eclipse 1.0, meta-information about a project was stored in .vcm_meta. In Eclipse 2.0, this mechanism was made more general and the data was moved to the .project file. As such, the .vcm_meta file is now unneeded. The Eclipse CVS client will warn you of this state by placing a warning in the task list. If you still have people on your team who are using Eclipse 1.0 for development with your repository, then you should not delete the .vcm_meta file. If all members of your team are using Eclipse 2.0, then you can safely delete the .vcm_meta file and commit the deletion to the repository.