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
report,
				IDEWorkbenchMessages.LinkedResourceEditor_convertAbsolutePathLocations);
	}
	private String getSuitablePathVariable(IPath commonPath) {
		String variableName = commonPath.lastSegment();
		StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
		for (int i = 0; i < variableName.length(); i++) {
			char c = variableName.charAt(i);
			if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(c) || (c == '_'))
				buf.append(c);
			else
				buf.append('_');
		}
		variableName = buf.toString();
		int index = 1;
		while (fProject.getPathVariableManager().isDefined(variableName, fProject)) {
			variableName += index;
			index++;
		}
		return variableName;
	}
	void editLocation() {
		IResource resource = getSelectedResource()[0];
		IPath location = resource.getRawLocation();
		PathVariableDialog dialog = new PathVariableDialog(
				fConvertAbsoluteButton.getShell(),
				PathVariableDialog.EDIT_LINK_LOCATION, resource.getType(),
				resource.getProject().getPathVariableManager(), null);
		if (location != null)
			dialog.setLinkLocation(location);