We have a multi-module maven project which has configuration for findbugs & checkstyle to run with maven builds. I want this configuration to be in sync with eclipse without having to commit IDE specific files like .project, .settings, .checkstyle etc in SCM.
Earlier I used to configure maven-eclipse-plugin with required projectNature and buildCommand and just ask the developers in team to run the mvn eclipse:eclipse goal to generate the ide specific files and then import it in eclipse as a Java project or as Maven project (either worked).
Now I see that maven-eclipse-plugin is outdated and must not be used. Importing maven projects in eclipse with only POM file having plugin configuration doesn't generate files like .checkstyle or findbugs config file in .settings folder.
How do I generate eclipse IDE specific files with only required configuration mentioned in POM? If a generic solution is available which could support other IDEs like IntelliJ also, I would prefer that but primarily I would like to solve the issue for eclipse.
