### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/ExternalFoldersManager.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/ExternalFoldersManager.java,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 ExternalFoldersManager.java
--- model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/ExternalFoldersManager.java	24 Sep 2008 16:28:14 -0000	1.12
+++ model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/ExternalFoldersManager.java	1 Oct 2008 13:54:53 -0000
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@
 	public IFolder createLinkFolder(IPath externalFolderPath, boolean refreshIfExistAlready, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException {
 		IProject externalFoldersProject = createExternalFoldersProject(monitor); // run outside synchronized as this can create a resource
 		IFolder result = addFolder(externalFolderPath, externalFoldersProject);
+		// ensure that the folder is refreshed since the external project is open using BACKGROUND_REFRESH
+		// see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=244979
+		result.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_ZERO, monitor);
 		if (!result.exists())
-			result.createLink(externalFolderPath, IResource.ALLOW_MISSING_LOCAL, monitor);
+			result.createLink(externalFolderPath, refreshIfExistAlready ? IResource.ALLOW_MISSING_LOCAL : (IResource.ALLOW_MISSING_LOCAL | IResource.BACKGROUND_REFRESH), monitor);
 		else if (refreshIfExistAlready)
 			result.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE,  monitor);
 		return result;
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@
 				createExternalFoldersProject(project, monitor);
 			}
 			try {
-				project.open(monitor);
+				project.open(IResource.BACKGROUND_REFRESH/*https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=244979*/, monitor);
 			} catch (CoreException e1) {
 				if (e1.getStatus().getCode() == IResourceStatus.FAILED_READ_METADATA) {
 					// workspace was moved (see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=241400)
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@
 						createExternalFoldersProject(project, monitor);
 					}
 				}
-				project.open(monitor);
+				project.open(IResource.BACKGROUND_REFRESH/*https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=244979*/, monitor);
 			}
 		}
 		return project;