Eclipse file search finds the same file multiple times

eclipse, maven

Solution

What I personally do to avoid this is marking each module in the parent project as derived (right-click on the folder > properties > Attributes: Derived).

Then when you perform a file search, uncheck "Consider derived resources" (I don't think it is checked by default) and you won't get the `A/B/<my_file>`.

The only inconvenience is that you must do this for each module, and each time a new module is added.

Problem

In Eclipse I have two maven projects A and B, where A is a parent for B. The directory structure is the following: ``` A/pom.xml A/B/pom.xml A/B/... ``` Then I use File search (Ctrl+H) to find any file in the project B. The search result window shows the file two times with different relative paths: ``` A/B/<my_file> B/<my_file> ``` So, the same file is shown twice. Obviously, the first search result is reduntant. Is there a way to exclude these duplicate search results?

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