How can I make Eclipse file search not include svn directories?

Question

When I do a file search on eclipse it includes the .svn directories by default. I tried excluding them from the build path but they still appear on file search results.

Answer 1

Spaceman is right. With Helios, choose Project -> Properties -> Resource -> Resource Filters and then add an exclude filter for type "Folder" with name .svn.

Answer 2

If you install the subclipse plugin then it automatically excludes the .svn directories (plus provides some other cool stuff in the IDE).

http://subclipse.tigris.org/

If it does not work, simply restart Eclipse (sometimes it's needed on a fresh checkout)