Copy directory

[jayvdb]

If a copy source is a directory, all files in it should be copied to the destination.

[chfw]

Recursively?

[jayvdb]

I hadnt thought about that.
I guess so.
We can add symbols like globs later to allow finer tuning.

[jayvdb]

There are also two ways to handle this.

1. the sources are added to the target directory
2. the target directory is emptied first, so that it only contains the source files.

Option 2 is closer to the moban meaning of a target.

Option 1 is closer to the moban meaning of a source.

Option 1 is a way to automatically deploy new templates to the target without first updating the config.

I feel option 2 is better/safer. It will be less usable/useful, as it can not be used where there are other files in the target, but it doesnt create new problems, like allowing two entries for the same target directory.

Option 1 is a feature which should be planned more carefully, and also applied to templates.

[jayvdb]

Option 2 has the benefit of being useful for enforcing 'empty' directories.
c.f. https://gitlab.com/coala/mobans/issues/47

[chfw]

With option 1, lazy copying is in place. If a file has been copied and no changes are found, the copying won't happen. So in a large tree of 100 files, initial run would cost 100 copies. In the next run, only delta changes is copied over and the costs could be: 0 - 100.

With option 2: destination folder is removed. hence the cost is constant: first run is 100 copies and Nth run is 100 copies, in previous example.

[jayvdb]

It looks like you did option 2.

IMO option 2 should be target_dir/ source_dir/**

The only syntax I can think of that is suitable for option 1 is target_dir/ source_dir/

[chfw]

Will address it

[chfw]

released