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Bug 348037

Summary:	Infinite folder creation loop when attempting to import a project
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	John-Michael Au <john-michael.au>
Component:	IDE	Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, pwebster, remy.suen
Version:	3.6.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description John-Michael Au

2011-06-01 21:07:11 EDT

Build Identifier: M20110210-1200

Importing 'Existing Projects into Workspace' and proceeding with the 'Copy projects into workspace' box checked will cause Eclipse to loop and create an infinite(?) amount of subfolders IF the project folder already exists under the workspace.

i.e workspace/project/project/project/project/...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy a project into your workspace (outside of Eclipse)
2. Import the project using Eclipse (Existing Projects into Workspace)
3. Select 'Copy projects into workspace'

Comment 1 John-Michael Au

2011-06-01 21:14:43 EDT

Sorry, this happens when the project folder IS your workspace.

i.e.

1. Switch workspace to /project
2. Import the project (just point Eclipse at your workspace)
3. Select 'Copy projects into workspace'

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2011-06-02 04:25:01 EDT


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 279781 ***