Why does eclipse create a .settings directory?

Question

i have noticed that eclipse recently creates a .settings directory with 1 file inside and i am wondering if i should add this to version control? SVN?

also, is this new?

Answer 1

Those are project specific settings for eclipse. You do not need to include them in svn, as each users eclipse will create these when they checkout project, or they may even use another IDE and not need them. If you are the only one using the project then it won't matter if you include them though.