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/IDEResourceInfoUtils.java
if (!store.fetchInfo().exists()) {
				return NLS.bind(FILE_NOT_EXIST_TEXT, store.toString());
			}
		}
		if (isLinked && isPathVariable) {
			return resource.getRawLocationURI().toString();
		}
		if (store != null) {
			return store.toString();
		}
		return location.toString();
	}
	/**
	 * Get the resolved location of a resource. This resolves path variables if
	 * present in the resource path.
	 * 
	 * @param resource
	 * @return String
	 */
	public static String getResolvedLocationText(IResource resource) {
		if (!resource.isLocal(IResource.DEPTH_ZERO)) {
			return NOT_LOCAL_TEXT;
		}
		URI location = resource.getLocationURI();
		if (location == null) {
			if (resource.isLinked()) {
				return MISSING_PATH_VARIABLE_TEXT;
			}
			return NOT_EXIST_TEXT;
		}