Here are the steps:
- Install the subclipse plugin (provides svn connectivity in eclipse) and connect to the repository. Instructions here:
http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html - Go to File->New->Other->Under the SVN category, select Checkout Projects from SVN.
- Select your project’s root folder and select checkout as a project in the workspace.
It seems you are checking the .project file into the source repository. I would suggest not checking in the .project file so users can have their own version of the file. Also, if you use the subclipse plugin it allows you to check out and configure a source folder as a java project. This process creates the correct .project for you(with the java nature),