Fix bug in copy-directory copying into an existing directory.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-01/msg01007.html

* files.el (copy-directory): If destination is an existing
directory, copy into a subdirectory there.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ee4eae0e41b..286f1eeae65 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-29  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+	* files.el (copy-directory): If destination is an existing
+	directory, copy into a subdirectory there.
+
 2011-01-29  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
 
 	* emacs-lisp/shadow.el (load-path-shadows-find): Ignore leim-list
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index ee77975e38b..46597426191 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -4756,7 +4756,22 @@ this happens by default."
       ;; Compute target name.
       (setq directory (directory-file-name (expand-file-name directory))
 	    newname   (directory-file-name (expand-file-name newname)))
-      (if (not (file-directory-p newname)) (make-directory newname parents))
+
+      (if (not (file-directory-p newname))
+	  ;; If NEWNAME is not an existing directory, create it; that
+	  ;; is where we will copy the files of DIRECTORY.
+	  (make-directory newname parents)
+	;; If NEWNAME is an existing directory, we will copy into
+	;; NEWNAME/[DIRECTORY-BASENAME].
+	(setq newname (expand-file-name
+		       (file-name-nondirectory
+			(directory-file-name directory))
+		       newname))
+	(if (and (file-exists-p newname)
+		 (not (file-directory-p newname)))
+	    (error "Cannot overwrite non-directory %s with a directory"
+		   newname))
+	(make-directory newname t))
 
       ;; Copy recursively.
       (mapc