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/LinkedResourceEditor.java
dialog.setResource(resource);
		if (dialog.open() == Window.CANCEL) {
			return;
		}
		location = Path.fromOSString(dialog.getVariableValue());
		try {
			setLinkLocation(resource, location);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		reparent(new IResource[] { resource });
	}
	void reparent(IResource[] resources) {
		boolean changed = false;
		for (int i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
			IResource resource = resources[i];
			boolean isBroken;
			try {
				isBroken = !exists(resource);
			} catch (CoreException e) {
				isBroken = true;
			}
			TreeMapcontainer = null;
			if (isBroken)
				container = fBrokenResources;
			else {
				if (isAbsolute(resource))
					container = fAbsoluteResources;
				else
					container = fFixedResources;