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Simply copying a folder (using drag and drop or copy/paste from within the package explorer view) from one project with CVS folders to another project that is connected to CVS will alter version control information. This is unexpected; I expect this problem when done using a native OS copy command, but not when done through Eclipse. I think it is reasonable to expect that Eclipse, being aware of version control schemes, can exclude CVS/SVN/etc version information metadata folders where appropriate. Without this patch, it becomes the Eclipse user's responsibility to make sure that underlying version control system files are properly maintained. The default package explorer filters hides the CVS folders (unless you know and delete them manually from outside of Eclipse), so it is very easy to overlook that Eclipse does not do this automatically. Eclipse does a great job integrating CVS behind the scenes currently, but this pitfall makes it very hard to keep CVS metadata accurate. See reference to this bug, filed March 2004 that point to this same problem.... https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=54415
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