`shutil.move` documentation conflicts with `shutil.copy2` documentation
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Description
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Which is it? Does copy2 sometimes fail to copy files, or does move work fine even with copy2 on systems that cannot copy all metadata?
Linked PRs
- gh-137792
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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Research direction
Read the two linked sections in Doc/library/shutil.rst and review linked PR gh-137792 to understand the proposed resolution. Clarify the relationship between shutil.move and shutil.copy2 when metadata cannot be copied, then update the documentation so the two descriptions no longer conflict.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100