title: Pulling Eclipse project lacking .project file
body: <p>My question extends the post " <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/470833/suggestions-for-grails-gitignore">Suggestions for Grails .gitignore</a> " which delves into what files and/or folders are good candidates for being in the .gitignore file.</p>
  
  <p>Suppose you have a .gitignore file populated with Eclipse project-specific files (.project, .classpath, etc). Now suppose you go to a different machine and clone this repo. How can you pull your entire project into Eclipse and treat it like a java or python project when the very files deeming it so (.project, .classpath) are not committed?</p>
  
  <p>I understand you can use Maven for Java applications but I'd be very appreciative for insight into the above question. If I am missing something, I'd be very thankful for clarification.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance,</p>