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
browseDirectoriesButton = new Button(projectGroup, SWT.PUSH);
		browseDirectoriesButton
				.setText(DataTransferMessages.DataTransfer_browse);
		setButtonLayoutData(browseDirectoriesButton);
		
		projectFromArchiveRadio = new Button(projectGroup, SWT.RADIO);
		projectFromArchiveRadio
				.setText(DataTransferMessages.WizardProjectsImportPage_ArchiveSelectTitle);
		
		archivePathField = new Text(projectGroup, SWT.BORDER);
		archivePathField.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL
				| GridData.GRAB_HORIZONTAL));
		
		browseArchivesButton = new Button(projectGroup, SWT.PUSH);
		browseArchivesButton.setText(DataTransferMessages.DataTransfer_browse);
		setButtonLayoutData(browseArchivesButton);
		projectFromDirectoryRadio.setSelection(true);
		archivePathField.setEnabled(false);
		browseArchivesButton.setEnabled(false);
		browseDirectoriesButton.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
			/*
			 * (non-Javadoc)
			 * 
			 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter#widgetS
			 *      elected(org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent)
			 */
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				handleLocationDirectoryButtonPressed();
			}
		});