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
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			public void checkStateChanged(CheckStateChangedEvent event) {
				setPageComplete(projectsList.getCheckedElements().length > 0);
			}
		});
		projectsList.setInput(this);
		projectsList.setComparator(new ViewerComparator());
		createSelectionButtons(listComposite);
	}
	/**
	 * Create the selection buttons in the listComposite.
	 * 
	 * @param listComposite
	 */
	private void createSelectionButtons(Composite listComposite) {
		Composite buttonsComposite = new Composite(listComposite, SWT.NONE);
		GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
		layout.marginWidth = 0;
		layout.marginHeight = 0;
		buttonsComposite.setLayout(layout);
		buttonsComposite.setLayoutData(new GridData(
				GridData.VERTICAL_ALIGN_BEGINNING));
		Button selectAll = new Button(buttonsComposite, SWT.PUSH);
		selectAll.setText(DataTransferMessages.DataTransfer_selectAll);
		selectAll.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				projectsList.setCheckedElements(selectedProjects);
				setPageComplete(projectsList.getCheckedElements().length > 0);
			}
		});