From 63bbbedbe267a5fb4ca126a75b2c8fd2a9b38305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Schulz <holger.schulz@adtran.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:34:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for <config> element to copy-config. (#12)

---
 netconf_client/ncclient.py | 3 ++-
 netconf_client/rpc.py      | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netconf_client/ncclient.py b/netconf_client/ncclient.py
index 2452a1f..d693617 100644
--- a/netconf_client/ncclient.py
+++ b/netconf_client/ncclient.py
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ def get_config(self, source="running", filter=None, with_defaults=None):
     def copy_config(self, target, source, with_defaults=None):
         """Send a ``<copy-config>`` request
 
-        :param str source: The source datastore
+        :param str source: The source datastore or the <config> element
+                           containing the complete configuration to copy.
 
         :param str target: The destination datastore
 
diff --git a/netconf_client/rpc.py b/netconf_client/rpc.py
index 1c362d4..8758b69 100644
--- a/netconf_client/rpc.py
+++ b/netconf_client/rpc.py
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ def copy_config(target, source, filter=None, with_defaults=None, msg_id=None):
     pieces = []
     pieces.append("<copy-config>")
     pieces.append("<target><{}/></target>".format(target))
-    pieces.append("<source><{}/></source>".format(source))
+    if source.startswith("<config"):
+        pieces.append("<source>{}</source>".format(source))
+    else:
+        pieces.append("<source><{}/></source>".format(source))
     if with_defaults:
         pieces.append(make_with_defaults(with_defaults))
     pieces.append("</copy-config>")