What are the red strips and the "*" signs mean in Aptana 3?

Question

what does these signs mean?

Sidwel

Answer 1

It really depends from your configuration, as these kind of settings are theme-specific, however I would guess they signal the file on disk has changed relative to either:

1. The beginning of the working session
2. The last committed version (if you are using a versioning system)

HTH!

Portland

Answer 2

Evidently Aptana "helps" you by assuming that you're working with a team and so marks any files you've changed as requiring check in.

The way I cleared this was: right-click the Aptana project folder, choose Team, then choose Disconnect.

Cheers & hope this helps, Riley SFO

Edelman

the files still don't seem to appear in file system – Putandtake

@Edelman Perfect answer indeed , but there is no reason why aptana studio to think that everyone is working as a theme.. LOL – Disapproval

Answer 3

Its basically suggesting that the current version has changed from last time. However this can be switched off from the following location -
Window/Preferences, General/Appearance/Label Decorations.
Depending on what source repository you use, unchecking "Git Decorator" for example would turn this feature off.

Endearment

Voted for yours as the problem has to do with Git for me, it's useful but annoying when it's on all the time. Thanks Shikhar – Rote

Answer 4

Is your project under source / version control? If so, those types of indications usually indicate modified files that have not yet been committed back to the repository.

Venule