# Eclipse Buildship Global gradle.properties not read

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/eclipse-buildship-global-gradle-properties-not-read/18941>\
**Category:** Buildship\
**Tags:** plugins, buildship, eclipse\
**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/eclipse-buildship-global-gradle-properties-not-read/18941 "2016-08-15T14:28:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gcstang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@gcstang](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/gcstang)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/eclipse-buildship-global-gradle-properties-not-read/18941/1 "2016-08-15T14:28:58Z")

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Gradle Version: 2.14.1, 2.14, etc…  
Operating System: MacOSX 10.11.6

Setting a value in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties is not seen in the Eclipse project

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**Author:** ![st\_oehme](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/st_oehme/32/5249_2.png) [@st\_oehme](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/st_oehme)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/eclipse-buildship-global-gradle-properties-not-read/18941/2 "2016-08-15T15:59:10Z")

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Works fine for me. Did you maybe change the Gradle User Home location in Buildship?

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**Author:** ![gcstang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@gcstang](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/gcstang)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/eclipse-buildship-global-gradle-properties-not-read/18941/3 "2016-08-15T17:58:58Z")

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I did, thank you seems to be working now.