This is not a bug report but a wishlist item. org-archive-subtree archives a subtree.
* A ** AA *** AAA ** AB *** ABA Archiving AA will remove the subtree from the original file and create it like that in archive target: * AA ** AAA What I want (wish for) is to create it like that in the archive target: * A ** AA *** AAA If I also archive AB after that, it gets inserted in the structure which is now identical to the structure we started with. Use case: I tend to archive small pieces of a project's subtree long before I'm ready to archive the entire project. This way I build (want to build) an archived mirror of the project's subtree bit by bit. Thanks a lot to the org-mode developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) of 2014-01-28 on var-lib-archbuild-extra-x86_64-juergen Package: Org-mode version 7.9.3f (release_7.9.3f-17-g7524ef @ /usr/share/emacs/24.3/lisp/org/)