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Error logged after trying inline rename in the project explorer on org.eclipse.jdt/notice.html trying to rename it to about.html: org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException(/org.eclipse.jdt/about.html)[374]: java.lang.Exception: Resource '/org.eclipse.jdt/about.html' already exists. at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.provideStackTrace(ResourceException.java:42) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.<init>(ResourceException.java:38) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Resource.checkDoesNotExist(Resource.java:309) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Resource.checkDoesNotExist(Resource.java:296) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Resource.checkMoveRequirements(Resource.java:385) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Resource.assertMoveRequirements(Resource.java:195) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Resource.move(Resource.java:1486) at org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.resource.RenameResourceChange.perform(RenameResourceChange.java:118) at org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.CompositeChange.perform(CompositeChange.java:281) at org.eclipse.ltk.internal.ui.refactoring.actions.RenameResourceHandler.performRename(RenameResourceHandler.java:108) at org.eclipse.ltk.internal.ui.refactoring.actions.RenameResourceHandler.execute(RenameResourceHandler.java:57) Eclipse IDE for Eclipse Committers Version: 2020-06 (4.16.0) Build id: 20200507-0346
RenameResourceAction only checks whether the new file name per se is valid and shows a dialog if not, but it doesn't check whether a resource with the new name already exists. In the project explorer, the error is only logged; the rename fails (the resource is not renamed), but there's no other user feedback. Just as a hint: the inline rename in the git repositories view for repository groups validates the user input on the fly, shows errors in a popup, and refuses to even try to execute the renaming if the input isn't valid.