Relative/Absolute paths are not recalculated on project save

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Author Name: Maxim Dubinin (@simgislab)
Original Redmine Issue: 1905

Redmine category:project_loading/saving
Assignee: Jürgen Fischer

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Part 1

1. Create new project with a shapefile
2. Clear the checkbox to save relative paths, resave the project
3. Check paths - they are relative, fine
4. Resave the project one folder up.
5. Check paths - they did not change, but they should have.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Under Linux I can replicate the problem, but only if the project is saved in a directory in a level under (not above, as described) the one where the data reside (assuming that all the layers files are in the same folder). I'll make further tests.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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I tested the behaviour also under windows (qgis-dev from osgeo4w) and the result seems the same to me. When I save a project (after clearing the checkbox to save relative paths) the path to a layer in the .qgs file is relative if the project file resides in a folder that stays at the same level or above the one of the layer. If the project file resides in a folder below the one of the layer, then the path is absolute.

So, if you have layers coming from different folders, and depending where you save the project, you may have correct relative paths, incorrect absolute ones and even a project file with a mix of relative and absolute paths.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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fixed in ddd64be (SVN r11572)

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• resolution was changed from to fixed
• status_id was changed from Open to Closed