Bug 302152 New path variable created unexpectedly
One of the latest 3.6 IBuilds Steps: 1) Create a general project (let's call is 'project1') 2) Go to Project Properties and make sure that there are only dynamic path variables 2) Drag and drop a folder with a subfolder and files inside to 'project1' In my case it is c:/Folder > SubFolder > a.txt 3) In the "File and Folder Import" dialog, choose 'Automatic' (or later 'Default') and 'Recreate with Virtual Folders and Links' 4) Go to Project Properties again and see that a new variable is added ('C' which is defined relatively to PROJECT_LOC) 5) Open Properties for myProject/Folder/SubFolder/a.txt and see that its location is defined using this new 'C' variable. I should be at least asked if I want Eclipse to create any variables for me.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/dialogs/PathVariableDialog.java
String message = standardMessage;
        int newValidationStatus = IMessageProvider.NONE;
        if (variableValue.length() == 0) {
            
            if (locationEntered) {
                
                newValidationStatus = IMessageProvider.ERROR;
                message = IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_variableValueEmptyMessage;
            }
        }
        if (currentResource != null) {
            
            
            allowFinish = true;
            String resolvedValue = getVariableResolvedValue();
            IPath resolvedPath = Path.fromPortableString(resolvedValue);
            if (!IDEResourceInfoUtils.exists(resolvedPath.toOSString())) {
                
                message = IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_pathDoesNotExistMessage;
                newValidationStatus = IMessageProvider.WARNING;
            } else {
                IFileInfo info = IDEResourceInfoUtils.getFileInfo(resolvedPath
                        .toOSString());
                if ((info.isDirectory() && ((variableType & IResource.FOLDER) == 0)) ||
                		(!info.isDirectory() && ((variableType & IResource.FILE) == 0))){
                    allowFinish = false;
                    newValidationStatus = IMessageProvider.ERROR;
                    if (((variableType & IResource.FOLDER) != 0))
                        message = IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_variableValueIsWrongTypeFolder;