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
if (resolvePath
						.isPrefixOf(convertToProperCase(location))) {
					int count = location
							.matchingFirstSegments(resolvePath);
					if (count > maxCount) {
						maxCount = count;
						variable = i;
					}
				}
			}
			if (variable != -1) {
				IPath newLocation = Path.fromOSString(variables[variable])
						.append(location.removeFirstSegments(maxCount));
				try {
					setLinkLocation(res, newLocation);
					report
							.add(NLS
									.bind(
											IDEWorkbenchMessages.LinkedResourceEditor_changedTo,
											new Object[] {
													res
															.getProjectRelativePath()
															.toPortableString(),
													location.toPortableString(),
													newLocation
															.toPortableString() }));
				} catch (CoreException e) {
					variable = -1;
				}
			}