Re: bug in copy-directory

[Chong Yidong]

Thierry Volpiatto <address@hidden> writes:

> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> (defun copy-directory (directory newname &optional keep-time
>> parents copy-contents-only)
>>
>> I'm in favor of this proposal (compared with the recently introduced
>> `copy-as-subdir'). Thierry's proposal keeps the semantics of
>> `copy-directory', and the changed semantics are activated by the
>> optional argument.
>
> So when everybody is ok, i can send patch with this modification.
> Tell me also if copy-contents-only as arg name is ok for you (if you
> have better idea i take).

This is OK for the trunk.  If we go this route, I'd prefer to revert the
branch to the Emacs 23.2 behavior, since it requires non-local changes
and is backward incompatible; then we'll make the change for Emacs 24.

Go ahead and send the patch anytime it's ready.