Improve same directory detection in FileUtils #1425
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FileUtils.cp_r
does not detect copying a directory to itself if either the source or destination contains a dot (.
). Depending on order and platform, this can cause different errors likeFile name too long
orunknown file type
or just stack overflow.This patch changes the current dynamic regex approach to comparing absolute paths.
The test commands in the Travis CI config did not show test failure for me, but
make test-all TESTOPTS="-q -- test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb"
with the new tests but without the changes todescendant_directory?
shows the failure clearly.Example of not detecting same directory:
Click for example