I\'m using maven 2.0.9 with Eclipse 3.3.2.
I\'m used to launching a fresh build once per day by a mvn clean install. Then, if I refresh my Eclipse project,
mvn clean install
Are you using the Maven plugin for Eclipse?
I would imagine it would hide some of the 'pollution' for you.
It would also allow you to perform the build within Eclipse - meaning it would refresh the project view for you at the same time.
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