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The "Group Of Files" module is a useful possibility to logically organize files with is worth to be shared by versioning. Unfortunately it does not make much sense to put the corresponding shadow file (textfile with the file names of the links) under CVS as long as the file names of the links are saved as absolute files. I have modified the module (and attached a patch) to save the links with relative file names (if possible) and of course also to accept relative file names. For this the location (parent of) the GroupNode is used as the starting reference. Links now only will be saved with absolute file names, if the link and the GroupNode have different file system roots. The patch in particular also works for files with ".." in the path. I would be glad if someone would consider to review and hopefully accept my patch or otherwise start a discussion on it. Best wishes, Frank-Michael
Created attachment 37652 [details] Patch fixing the problem
Committed to the trunk, with some minor modifications. Modified files: utilities/group/src/org/netbeans/modules/group/GroupShadow.java (1.9) utilities/group/manifest.mf (1.9) Diffs: http://utilities.netbeans.org/source/browse/utilities/group/src/org/netbeans/modules/group/GroupShadow.java?r1=1.8&r2=1.9&diff_format=u http://utilities.netbeans.org/source/browse/utilities/group/manifest.mf?r1=1.8&r2=1.9&diff_format=u