Bug 44967 - Projects should be allow to overlap
Summary: Projects should be allow to overlap
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Resources (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.2 M5   Edit
Assignee: John Arthorne CLA
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Blocks: 245412
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Reported: 2003-10-15 18:44 EDT by Brett Kotch CLA
Modified: 2008-10-30 15:49 EDT (History)
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Description Brett Kotch CLA 2003-10-15 18:44:25 EDT 
This seems like an arbitray restriction and in many cases necessitates changing 
directory structure so the desired code can be used within eclipse.
Comment 1 John Arthorne CLA 2003-10-16 11:02:39 EDT 
Projects can have overlapping portions by using linked folders. New > Folder >
Advanced.  There are a number of technical difficulties with overlapping project
roots that have been discussed extensively in the past.
Comment 2 John Arthorne CLA 2005-10-18 14:59:11 EDT 
Reopening for consideration.
Comment 3 Chad Barnes CLA 2005-11-02 10:46:05 EST 
I would like to point out that some plug-ins have problems utilizing linked 
resources.  For instance, the CDT's Managed Make functionality does not support 
linked resources well.  Other plug-ins also cannot work with source code in 
linked resources.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=72589
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=69597
Comment 4 John Arthorne CLA 2006-01-05 13:45:19 EST 
Investigating...
Comment 5 John Arthorne CLA 2006-01-09 14:59:05 EST 
Released.  Project locations can now overlap in the file system.