Cannot share project if top-level folder contains already a project file

[vogella]

Version

Latest

Operating System

Linux/Unix

Eclipse version

2024-12

Bug description

I cannot share a project into a folder a/b if a contains a .project file.

Actual behavior

Cannot share via Eclipse, need to move the project outside of Eclipse

Expected behavior

Possibility to share.

Relevant log output

No response

Other information

No response

[Bananeweizen]

Projects in projects are only available since some time, right? The check might be from the time before this change, and we missed to adapt it, I guess.

[vogella]

Projects in projects are only available since some time, right? The check might be from the time before this change, and we missed to adapt it, I guess.

Yes, only available since 2015 ;-) https://blogs.eclipse.org/post/wayne-beaton/nestedhierarchical-view-projects#:~:text=Hierarchical%20view%20of%20projects%20can,be%20shown%20as%20root%20elements.