title: Eclipse faceted project metadata file could not be read
body: <p>Every now and then, I get this error in one of my Eclipse projects:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Faceted project metadata file "/project/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml" could not be read.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This is a team project using Git. The ".settings" directory does not exist at all.</p>
  
  <p>I'm not sure what project "facets" in Eclipse really are. Does anyone know what this error means or how to fix it?</p>