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Bug 221711

Summary:	[misc] Moving a file with D&D to overwrite another file creates a copy
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Jean-Francois Lecomte <jflecomte>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	JDT-Text-Inbox <jdt-text-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P4	CC:	jerome_lanneluc, martinae
Version:	3.3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Jean-Francois Lecomte

2008-03-06 14:10:15 EST

Build ID: I20080207-1530 (Win2000)
Build ID: M20071023-1652 (Linux)

Steps To Reproduce:
1. Create 2 packages, let say 'package_a' and 'package_b'.
2. Create a class named 'MyClass' in package_a.
3. Create a class named 'MyClass' in package_b.
4. Edit the class in package_a to make it different from the one in package_b.
5. Select the class in package_a and drag & drop it over package_b.
6. Click "Ok" when the "Move" dialog appears.
7. Answer "Yes" or "Yes To All" when prompt to confirm overwriting the file.

Everything looks fine. The package_a appears empty and the file in package_b is identical to the file that was in package_a.

8. Open the "Open Type" dialog (ctrl+shift+t) and search for the class named 'MyClass'.

Two files are found, one in package_a and one in package_b. It is possible to open the file in package_a, but it can not be found in the Package Explorer view. Performing a refresh on the Package Explorer won't help. Need to close and re-open the project to see the file in the Package Explorer. Note that the file in package_a is never removed from the file system. 

More information:

Comment 1 Martin Aeschlimann

2008-03-07 09:27:15 EST

JDT Core is used here to move the compilation unit

ISourceManipulation.move(...)

Comment 2 Jerome Lanneluc

2008-03-19 11:12:07 EDT

The problem occurs only if Java editors are opened on both MyClass.java.
In this case, the Java element delta is:
Test[*]: {CHILDREN}
	src[*]: {CHILDREN}
		a[*]: {CHILDREN}
			[Working copy] MyClass.java[-]: {MOVED_TO([Working copy] MyClass.java [in b [in src [in Test]]])}
		b[*]: {CHILDREN}
			[Working copy] MyClass.java[+]: {MOVED_FROM([Working copy] MyClass.java [in a [in src [in Test]]])}

However it looks like the Java editor is not reacting to this change and not closing the editor on a/MyClass.java.

As a consequence, the primary working copy still exists for this editor, and this working copy is returned in Open Type.

Moving to JDT/Text

Comment 3 Eclipse Genie

2020-03-22 16:40:20 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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