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
reparent(selectedResources);
	}
	private IPath convertToProperCase(IPath path) {
		if (Platform.getOS().equals(Platform.OS_WIN32))
			return Path.fromPortableString(path.toPortableString()
					.toLowerCase());
		return path;
	}
	/**
	 * @param resources
	 * @param selectedResources
	 */
	private void convertToRelative(ArrayListresources,
			IResource[] selectedResources) {
		ArrayListreport = new ArrayList();
		
		
		ArrayListremaining = new ArrayList();
		Iteratorit = resources.iterator();
		while (it.hasNext()) {
			IResource res = (IResource) it.next();
			IPath location = res.getLocation();
			try {
				IPath newLocation = URIUtil.toPath(fProject.getPathVariableManager().convertToRelative(URIUtil.toURI(location), res, true, null));
				if (newLocation == null || newLocation.equals(location))
					remaining.add(res);
				else {
					setLinkLocation(res, newLocation);
					report
							.add(NLS