GNU bug report logs - #10897
copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:51:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #119 received at 10897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mcenturion <at> fing.edu.uy, 10897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a
 symlink
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 20:48:12 +0200

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

Hi Eli,

>>> Currently, this creates a new directory "/ssh::/tmp/bla", which contains
>>> the file "baz". If the new user option copy-directory-create-symlink is
>>> non-nil, this should create the symlink "/ssh::/tmp/bla", pointing to
>>> "/tmp/foo".
>>
>> Yes, sure.  We should support that with remote files as much as
>> possible.
>
> Will do. Thinking about, it makes only sense when both DIRECTORY and
> NEWNAME are located on the same host. That's what I'm going to implement.

Done. I've implemented it for all methods declared in tramp-sh.el; for
other methods it isn't relevant.

Best regards, Michael.
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