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Steps to reproduce - Create a new PHP -> PHP Application => Project name : "myProject" => Check "Put Netbeans metadata into a separate directory" and define folder "myMetaData" (instead of myProject) [At this step, two folders are created : myProject and myMetaData] - Right click on the project "myProject" -> Delete... - Check the box "Also delete sources under "...path...\myMetaData" folder - Click on Yes What's happened : - Folder "myMetaData" is deleted - Folder "myProject" isn't deleted What's expected : - Both myMetaData and myProject folders to be deleted - The pop-up should ask to delete the sources... "myProject"
From some reason (based on issue #61546 but not clear to me) if the source dir is not underneath project dir, it is not deleted [1] (perhaps it is external directory typically not created by NetBeans?). Reassigning, please evaluate. Thanks. [1] DefaultProjectOperationsImplementation.java, line 190