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Bug 172894

Summary:	Eclipse resolves soft linked directories
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Andrew Robinson <andrew>
Component:	Resources	Assignee:	Platform-Resources-Inbox <platform-resources-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	benno.baumgartner, markus.kell.r
Version:	3.2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Andrew Robinson

2007-02-05 13:05:41 EST

When adding a new Java project to my workspace the following is the path I give it:

/home/andrew/java/project

where "java" is a symlinked path. The "real" path is:

/home/andrew/java-abc/project

I do it this way, so I can point java to any branch of my code (where abc is the branch in this example) and just restart Eclipse for it to pull the sources from another branch.

The problem is that eclipse adds the project as "/home/andrew/java-abc/project" even though I explicitly tell it to use "/home/andrew/java/project". The only work-around that I have found is to:

cd ~/
delete java
mv java-abc java
eclipse
(add project)
close eclipse to make sure it saves the workspace
mv java java-abc
ln -snf java-abc java

IMO, Eclipse should not rename folders when it is explicitly told to use a given path. BTW - this applies to:

File>New>New Project>Java project>Create project from existing source

Comment 1 Jerome Lanneluc

2007-04-26 04:33:41 EDT

I'm not sure how the project from existing resources is created.
Moving to JDT/UI to investigate.

Comment 2 Benno Baumgartner

2007-04-26 10:13:52 EDT

We create the project in org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.wizards.buildpaths.BuildPathsBlock.createProject

IProjectDescription desc=
              project.getWorkspace().newProjectDescription(project.getName());
desc.setLocationURI(locationURI);
project.create(desc, monitor);

With a locationURI like: file:/somewhere/java/project
where java is the symlink

Comment 3 Benno Baumgartner

2007-04-26 10:21:55 EDT

Not sure if it is possible at all with the symlink.

Another workaround you may want to try is to use a linked source folder:
1. On your java project click right
2. Build Path>Link Source...
3. Provide the location of the branch you want to use
4. Provide a folder name
5. Finish

Instead of a fixed location you can also define a variable pointing to the location. To switch the branch change the value of the variable on the General>Workspace>Linked Resources Preference Page. HTH

Comment 4 Markus Keller

2012-12-18 14:06:43 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 233019 ***