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
/**
     * Fires validations (variable name first) and updates enabled state for the
     * "Ok" button accordingly.
     */
    private void variableNameModified() {
        
        variableName = variableNameField.getText();
        validationStatus = IMessageProvider.NONE;
        okButton.setEnabled(validateVariableName() && validateVariableValue());
        nameEntered = true;
    }
    /**
     * Fires validations (variable value first) and updates enabled state for the
     * "Ok" button accordingly.
     */
    private void variableValueModified() {
        
        variableValue = variableValueField.getText().trim();
        validationStatus = IMessageProvider.NONE;
        okButton.setEnabled(validateVariableValue() && validateVariableName());
        locationEntered = true;
        variableResolvedValueField.setText(getVariableResolvedValue());
    }
    /**
     * Opens a dialog where the user can select a folder path.
     */
    private void selectFolder() {
        DirectoryDialog dialog = new DirectoryDialog(getShell(), SWT.SHEET);
        dialog.setText(IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_selectFolderTitle);
        dialog.setMessage(IDEWorkbenchMessages.PathVariableDialog_selectFolderMessage);