Why does Eclipse Java Package Explorer show question mark on some classes

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In the Eclipse Helios Java Package Explorer  I see the Java class icons display a small question mark to the right of the  J   something like  J    This icon is shown on each class within one package in my project  but I cannot find an explanation for this in the documentation      At some point I expect them to disappear and be replaced with small orange rectangles   Of which I m also not certain of their meaning  but less worried of their connotation   I suppose this question points to a larger one  are any of these icons defined together somewhere

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With some version-control plug-ins  it means that the local file has not yet been shared with the version-control repository   In my install  this includes plug-ins for CVS and git  but not Perforce     You can sometimes see a list of these decorations in the plug-in s preferences under Team X Label Decorations  where X describes the version-control system    For example  for CVS  the list looks like this     These adornments are added to the object icons provided by Eclipse  For example  here s a table of icons for the Java development environment

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those icons are a way of Egit to show you status of the current file folder in git  You might want to check this out      dirty  folder  - At least one file below the folder is dirty  that means that it has changes in the working tree that are neither in the index nor in the repository  tracked - The resource is known to the Git repository  untracked - The resource is not known to the Git repository   ignored - The resource is ignored by the Git team provider  Here only the preference settings under Team -  Ignored Resources and the  derived  flag are relevant  The  gitignore file is not taken into account   dirty - The resource has changes in the working tree that are neither in the index nor in the repository  staged - The resource has changes which are added to the index  Not that adding to the index is possible at the moment only on the commit dialog on the context menu of a resource   partially-staged - The resource has changes which are added to the index and additionally changes in the working tree that are neither in the index nor in the repository   added - The resource is not yet tracked by but added to the Git repository   removed - The resource is staged for removal from the Git repository   conflict - A merge conflict exists for the file  assume-valid - The resource has the  assume unchanged  flag  This means that Git stops checking the working tree files for possible modifications  so you need to manually unset the bit to tell Git when you change the working tree file  This setting can be switched on with the menu action Team- Assume unchanged  or on the command line with git update-index--assume-unchanged

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this is because your project has been linked to a git-hub repository  and the file having question mark on it  is not been added yet  if you want to remove this sign you will have to add this file to git-hub repository

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In a svn enabled project the small question mark     indicates that your file is not yet added to the SVN repository   The small orange rectangle is an indication that your file is committed  in the repository   An asterisk     indicates a local change

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It means the class is not yet added to the repository   If your project was checked-out  most probably a CVS project  and you added a new class file  it will have the   icon   For other CVS Label Decorations  check http   help eclipse org help33 index jsp topic  org eclipse platform doc user reference ref-cvs-decorations htm

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It sounds like you re using Subclipse  is that correct  If so  there s a great list of decorators and their descriptions at this answer by Tim Stone   Here s the relevant snippet for your case         - A file not under version control  These are typically new files that you have not committed to the repository yet     - A file with no local changes

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