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
} catch (CoreException e) {
					report
							.add(NLS
									.bind(
											IDEWorkbenchMessages.LinkedResourceEditor_unableToCreateVariable,
											variableName, commonPath
													.toPortableString()));
				}
				it = resources.iterator();
				while (it.hasNext()) {
					IResource res = (IResource) it.next();
					IPath location = res.getLocation();
					int commonCount = location
							.matchingFirstSegments(commonPath);
					IPath newLocation = Path.fromOSString(variableName).append(
							location.removeFirstSegments(commonCount));
					try {
						setLinkLocation(res, newLocation);
						report
								.add(NLS
										.bind(
												IDEWorkbenchMessages.LinkedResourceEditor_changedTo,
												new Object[] {
														res
																.getProjectRelativePath()
																.toPortableString(),
														location
																.toPortableString(),
														newLocation
																.toPortableString() }));