Eclipse + PDT + Mercurial + Win 7 = Very slow. Solution
2012-03-13 |
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I had this MF problem: I was using latest PDT (3.0.x) bundle, with latest Java on Windows 7 64 bit. When I was working on projects with Mercurial source control I've experienced huge hangs/lag when I was clicking on the project folder/name or right-clicking on it. After hours of frustration I finally found a solution:
- rename
.hg
dir to something different for example.hg-tmp
- refresh the project in Eclipse
- Create a linked resource ( New -> File -> Advanced -> Link to file in the file system ). Name it
.hg
- on filesystem: rename
.hg-tmp
back to.hg
- refresh the project in Eclipse
Now things should be fine.
I am not sure why exactly above steps have positive effect but it has something to do with .hg
dir slowing down Eclipse/PDT (even thou I had no hg plug-in installed in Eclipse (I use external tool -- TortoiseHg)).