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Re-copying a folder results in 3 folders?

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From: Tomas <correo <at> tomaszubiri.com>
To: "bug-coreutils" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re-copying a folder results in 3 folders?
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:08:48 -0300

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Hello,



Here is a minimum example of the bug:


  #mkdir testcp

  #cd testcp

  #mkdir origin

  #touch origin/a

  #cp -r origin destination

  #cp -r origin destination



The expected result is:



#tree

├── destination

│   ├── a

└── origin

    └── a


or even this, who would I be to judge:



#tree

├── destination

│   └── origin

│       └── a

└── origin

    └── a


But this is unacceptable:



#tree

├── destination

│   ├── a

│   └── origin

│       └── a

└── origin

    └── a



The result is worse if you add a file in between copies. Now you would have 3 a files and 2 b files.

Thank you,
 Tomás

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