Bug 152919 [Import/Export] import existing project w/ copy is inefficient
I just tried to import some existing projects and selected "copy projects into workspace". After a long time (sorry, no measurements) I had to cancel the request, because I was running out of disk space. I had just succeeded in importing the first project (jdt core), which takes approx. 80MB disk space, but at that time the previously blank workspace consumed additional 300MB mainly in: .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.history/ Is this operation recording undo-information for each single file imported? Unless I made something really stupid, this operation seems not to be usable for large projects.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/wizards/datatransfer/WizardProjectsImportPage.java
copyFiles = copyCheckbox.getSelection();
			}
		});
	}
	/**
	 * Create the checkbox list for the found projects.
	 * 
	 * @param workArea
	 */
	private void createProjectsList(Composite workArea) {
		Label title = new Label(workArea, SWT.NONE);
		title
				.setText(DataTransferMessages.WizardProjectsImportPage_ProjectsListTitle);
		Composite listComposite = new Composite(workArea, SWT.NONE);
		GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
		layout.numColumns = 2;
		layout.marginWidth = 0;
		layout.makeColumnsEqualWidth = false;
		listComposite.setLayout(layout);
		listComposite.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.GRAB_HORIZONTAL
				| GridData.GRAB_VERTICAL | GridData.FILL_BOTH));
		projectsList = new CheckboxTreeViewer(listComposite, SWT.BORDER);
		GridData listData = new GridData(GridData.GRAB_HORIZONTAL
				| GridData.GRAB_VERTICAL | GridData.FILL_BOTH);
		projectsList.getControl().setLayoutData(listData);
		projectsList.setContentProvider(new ITreeContentProvider() {
			/*
			 * (non-Javadoc)
			 * 
			 * @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITreeContentProvider#getChildren(java.lang.Object)