GH-73991: Add pathlib.Path.copytree()
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Add `pathlib.Path.copytree()` method, which recursively copies one directory to another. This differs from `shutil.copytree()` in the following respects: 1. Our method has a *follow_symlinks* argument, whereas shutil's has a *symlinks* argument with an inverted meaning. 2. Our method lacks something like a *copy_function* argument. It always uses `Path.copy()` to copy files. 3. Our method lacks something like a *ignore_dangling_symlinks* argument. Instead, users can filter out danging symlinks with *ignore*, or ignore exceptions with *on_error* 4. Our *ignore* argument is a callable that accepts a single path object, whereas shutil's accepts a path and a list of child filenames. 5. We add an *on_error* argument, which is a callable that accepts an `OSError` instance. (`Path.walk()` also accepts such a callable).
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Some parts of the design aren't obvious, particularly the ignore and on_error arguments. Happy to adjust or even remove some arguments if we'd like to kick the can down the road - I don't think either of those arguments are essential to expose straight away. |
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@pfmoore I've requested your review as you've already given this idea some scrutiny on the forum! Hope that's alright, thank you. |
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The code LGTM. I've dome a partial review of the tests, but I'll be honest I'm not entirely clear what the follow_symlinks argument does (it's not something I use myself) so I didn't really review those parts of the tests.
I'll try to find some time to do a more detailed review later.
Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <[email protected]>
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Thanks for the reviews and fixes, both.
The default behaviour ( Our forthcoming implementation of |
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Thanks for the explanation - that's the clearest I've seen it expressed, and for the first time (possibly ever) I get what's going on. |
Add `pathlib.Path.copytree()` method, which recursively copies one directory to another. This differs from `shutil.copytree()` in the following respects: 1. Our method has a *follow_symlinks* argument, whereas shutil's has a *symlinks* argument with an inverted meaning. 2. Our method lacks something like a *copy_function* argument. It always uses `Path.copy()` to copy files. 3. Our method lacks something like a *ignore_dangling_symlinks* argument. Instead, users can filter out danging symlinks with *ignore*, or ignore exceptions with *on_error* 4. Our *ignore* argument is a callable that accepts a single path object, whereas shutil's accepts a path and a list of child filenames. 5. We add an *on_error* argument, which is a callable that accepts an `OSError` instance. (`Path.walk()` also accepts such a callable). Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <[email protected]>
Add `pathlib.Path.copytree()` method, which recursively copies one directory to another. This differs from `shutil.copytree()` in the following respects: 1. Our method has a *follow_symlinks* argument, whereas shutil's has a *symlinks* argument with an inverted meaning. 2. Our method lacks something like a *copy_function* argument. It always uses `Path.copy()` to copy files. 3. Our method lacks something like a *ignore_dangling_symlinks* argument. Instead, users can filter out danging symlinks with *ignore*, or ignore exceptions with *on_error* 4. Our *ignore* argument is a callable that accepts a single path object, whereas shutil's accepts a path and a list of child filenames. 5. We add an *on_error* argument, which is a callable that accepts an `OSError` instance. (`Path.walk()` also accepts such a callable). Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <[email protected]>
Add `pathlib.Path.copytree()` method, which recursively copies one directory to another. This differs from `shutil.copytree()` in the following respects: 1. Our method has a *follow_symlinks* argument, whereas shutil's has a *symlinks* argument with an inverted meaning. 2. Our method lacks something like a *copy_function* argument. It always uses `Path.copy()` to copy files. 3. Our method lacks something like a *ignore_dangling_symlinks* argument. Instead, users can filter out danging symlinks with *ignore*, or ignore exceptions with *on_error* 4. Our *ignore* argument is a callable that accepts a single path object, whereas shutil's accepts a path and a list of child filenames. 5. We add an *on_error* argument, which is a callable that accepts an `OSError` instance. (`Path.walk()` also accepts such a callable). Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <[email protected]>
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pathlib.Path.copytree()method, which recursively copies one directory to another.This differs from
shutil.copytree()in the following respects:Path.copy()to copy files.OSErrorinstance. (Path.walk()also accepts such a callable). This is done instead of aggregating exceptions into anshutil.Errorinstance.📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--120718.org.readthedocs.build/