Add function similar to shutil.move that does not overwrite

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
32/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reading the existing shutil.move implementation and documentation to understand its file and directory handling. Define the non-overwrite behavior and API scope, then add tests covering the relevant move cases; the issue is done when the new function preserves existing destinations and its behavior is documented.

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3.7 (EOL) stdlib type-feature
BPO 12741
Nosy @merwok, @stevendaprano

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2011-08-12.12:41:05.058>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-feature', 'library']
title = 'Add function similar to shutil.move that does not overwrite'
updated_at = <Date 2017-02-08.09:49:57.324>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/DavidTownshend'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2017-02-08.09:49:57.324>
actor = 'steven.daprano'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2011-08-12.12:41:05.058>
creator = 'David.Townshend'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 12741
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['141952', '141976', '142052']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['eric.araujo', 'steven.daprano', 'David.Townshend']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue12741'
versions = ['Python 3.7']

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