[issue44347] Unclear documentation for shutil.copytree()

Change by Jack DeVries : -- pull_requests: +25229 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/26643 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue44347] Unclear documentation for shutil.copytree()

Jack DeVries added the comment: I've created a PR: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/26634 I forgot to put a news entry, but hopefully that's ok since this is a very small change. -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue44347] Unclear documentation for shutil.copytree()

Change by Jack DeVries : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +25220 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/26634 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue44347] Unclear documentation for shutil.copytree()

Jack DeVries added the comment: I would like to submit a patch for this. This would be my first contribution :) I am starting on a patch now. -- nosy: +jack__d ___ Python tracker ___

[issue44347] Unclear documentation for shutil.copytree()

Change by Irit Katriel : -- components: +Library (Lib) versions: +Python 3.11 -Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-lis

[issue44347] Unclear documentation for shutil.copytree()

Irit Katriel added the comment: >From the code, this arg is simply passed to os.mkdirs() here: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/e6e34e45222b9c7a63ba92386612acf768082ba0/Lib/shutil.py#L450 os.mkdir is documented here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.makedirs and says just "

[issue44347] Unclear documentation for shutil.copytree()

New submission from Tilman Vogel : I donot understand this sentence: "dirs_exist_ok dictates whether to raise an exception in case dst or any missing parent directory already exists." How can a "missing parent directory already exist"? My understanding would be that an existing `dst` would b