From 8740ecf8c0698750b9eaf4f3d62eaecfdfbb5fd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:12:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add comment --- src/copy.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index 5fd5699f5..734271b4f 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -1180,8 +1180,11 @@ copy (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path, assert (valid_options (options)); - /* Record the file names: they're used in case of error, - when copying a directory into itself. */ + /* Record the file names: they're used in case of error, when copying + a directory into itself. I don't like to make these tools do *any* + extra work in the common case when that work is solely to handle + exceptional cases, but in this case, I don't see a way to derive the + top level source and destination directory names where they're used. */ top_level_src_path = src_path; top_level_dst_path = dst_path; -- 2.34.1