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Build Identifier: 20100917-0705 When renaming a linked resource (such as linked file), the name changes in the project explorer, but the name of the file on disk does not change. From a "rename" operation, users expect the file on disk to rename as well. At least, there should be an option to rename the file on disk. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add a linked file to a project (e.g. drag&drop a file from your file browser to the project explorer) 2. Rename the file: right-click > Rename 3. The name of the resource has changed, but the file on disk is not changed. This confuses users.
This is by design. Linked resources can have a different name than the underlying file they are pointing to. If you want to have a resource in the workspace that has always the same name as the file system entry, you can use a linked resource folder as its parent, and setup resource filters so that the appropriate file is displayed. I'm not sure how common is the use case of keeping linked resource's names in sync with their location. What happens when the user change the location, should the resource be automatically changed? It seems to be that this can be easily implemented by a 3rd party plugin that listens to resource change notifications, and keep them in sync.
(In reply to comment #0) > From a > "rename" operation, users expect the file on disk to rename as well. At least, > there should be an option to rename the file on disk. I disagree on what the user expects here. Unix Symbolic links and Windows shortcuts for example, don't work this way. Giving an option to rename the underlying resource is a possibility.
*** Bug 358828 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #3) > *** Bug 358828 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** For what I know, bug 358828 is not about linked resources.
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > *** Bug 358828 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** > > For what I know, bug 358828 is not about linked resources. Said bug says: "If I however create a java project outside the workspace", which means the project is created inside the workspace but links to a location outside the workspace.
An option to rename the target too sounds good. Changing to enhancement.
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