What do the icons in Eclipse mean
Eclipse what All symbol means For files and folders there are the variables "name", "dirty" and "staged". "Dirty" and "staged" are flags; if they are true, the text after the colon is displayed. For the project name there is additionally the variable "branch". If no branch is checked out the decoration shows the name of the commit. Icon Decorations Icon decorations appear on the lower left corner of the icon label. They can be configured on the Preferences dialog under Team -> Git -> Label Decorations on the tab "Icon Decorations". These are the default decorations: