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Bug 345551 - Windows Symlink: Import Project
Summary: Windows Symlink: Import Project
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Resources (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Resources-Inbox CLA
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Whiteboard: stalebug
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Reported: 2011-05-12 04:30 EDT by Roland Schulz CLA
Modified: 2019-11-14 02:24 EST (History)
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Description Roland Schulz CLA 2011-05-12 04:30:38 EDT
Steps to reproduce:
 1) Make symlink to folder containing Eclipse project (mklink /D)
 2) Import project from symlink
 3) Open Folder Properties

The Folder Resource location shown in the properties is the path containing the symlink. Thus if the symlink c:\sym\link points to c:\real\path and c:\real\path\proj is the project folder, than the resource location shows c:\sym\link\proj. This is inconsistent with the behavior under Linux. 

Under Linux if /sym/link points to /real/path with the proj folder being /real/path/proj than importing /sym/link/proj results in the resource location to be /real/path/proj.

A practical problem which follows from this difference is that Egit looks for the files in the wrong place.
Comment 1 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-11-14 02:24:53 EST
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.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. 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.

If the bug is still relevant, please remove the "stalebug" whiteboard tag.