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  2. QTCREATORBUG-819

Qt Creator "Add New..." Confused by Pro files with same base name

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    • Qt Creator 1.3.1
    • Project & Build Management
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    • Linux, Qt 4.6.2, Qt Creator 1.3.1
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      If two pro files with the same base name appear in the source tree then the Qt Creator "Add File" function lists only one instance of that name and can update the incorrect pro file with the added file. For example, with the following tree structure (attached):

      qtcreator-test
qtcreator-test/qtcreator-test.pro
qtcreator-test/test1
qtcreator-test/test1/test1.pro
qtcreator-test/test1/sub1
qtcreator-test/test1/sub1/sub1.pro
qtcreator-test/test1/core
qtcreator-test/test1/core/core.pro
qtcreator-test/test2
qtcreator-test/test2/test2.pro
qtcreator-test/test2/sub2
qtcreator-test/test2/sub2/sub2.pro
qtcreator-test/test2/core
qtcreator-test/test2/core/core.pro

      Right-clicking "Add New..." on the test2/core directory and adding a class "TestClass" to the project "core.pro" results in:

      qtcreator-test
qtcreator-test/qtcreator-test.pro
qtcreator-test/test1
qtcreator-test/test1/test1.pro
qtcreator-test/test1/sub1
qtcreator-test/test1/sub1/sub1.pro
qtcreator-test/test1/core
qtcreator-test/test1/core/core.pro
qtcreator-test/test2
qtcreator-test/test2/test2.pro
qtcreator-test/test2/sub2
qtcreator-test/test2/sub2/sub2.pro
qtcreator-test/test2/core
qtcreator-test/test2/core/core.pro
qtcreator-test/test2/core/testclass.h
qtcreator-test/test2/core/testclass.cpp

      with the new files in the correct directory, but test1/core/core.pro gets updated:

      $ cat qtcreator-test/test1/core/core.pro 
CONFIG += warn_on
HEADERS += ../../test2/core/testclass.h
SOURCES += ../../test2/core/testclass.cpp
TEMPLATE = lib

      rather than the expected test2/core/core.pro

      Qt Creator needs to distinguish between duplicate pro file base names in the "Add New..." logic. Perhaps the relative path to the pro file could be added to the project drop-down.

      As a work-around, avoiding such duplicate names seems the only option.

      http://lists.trolltech.com/pipermail/qt-creator/2009-July/003916.html also outlines this problem without resolution.

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