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cp: allow directory merging when destination was just created

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du_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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du_all_balanced_tree[(4, 3, 10)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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factor_multiple_u128s[18446744073709551616]
src/uu/factor/benches/factor_bench.rs
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factor_multiple_big_uint
src/uu/factor/benches/factor_bench.rs
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18.6 ms*
du_human_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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factor_table
src/uu/factor/benches/factor_bench.rs
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du_summarize_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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cp_large_file[16]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
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343.6 µs343 µs
du_deep_tree[(100, 3)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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1.2 ms1.2 ms
cp_preserve_metadata[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
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74.9 ms74.8 ms
cp_recursive_deep_tree[(120, 4)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
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13.6 ms13.6 ms
cp_recursive_wide_tree[(6000, 800)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
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189.5 ms189.4 ms
cp_archive_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
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77.9 ms77.8 ms
du_max_depth_balanced_tree[(6, 4, 10)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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33 ms32.9 ms
b64_decode_ignore_garbage_synthetic
src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs
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149.3 µs149.3 µs
factor_multiple_u64s[2]
src/uu/factor/benches/factor_bench.rs
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178.2 ms178.1 ms
sort_german_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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sort_german_c_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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38.4 ms38.4 ms
tsort_complex_dag[50000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
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84.7 ms84.7 ms
sort_case_sensitive[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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174.2 ms174.2 ms
sort_reverse_mixed
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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38.1 ms38.1 ms
wc_bytes_synthetic[500]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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164.3 µs164.3 µs
mv_single_file
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
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129.6 ms129.6 ms
ls_recursive_long_all_deep_tree[(100, 4)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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3.2 ms3.2 ms
hashsum_sha1
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
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72.5 ms72.5 ms
shuf_repeat_sampling[50000]
src/uu/shuf/benches/shuf_bench.rs
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4.6 ms4.6 ms
sort_unique_locale[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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493.9 ms493.9 ms
mv_force_overwrite
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
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125.1 ms125.1 ms
ls_recursive_mixed_tree
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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1.4 ms1.4 ms
cp_recursive_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
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72.3 ms72.3 ms
wc_lines_extreme_line_lengths[(100000, 200)]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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1.6 ms1.6 ms
b64_decode_synthetic
src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs
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149.1 µs149.1 µs
hashsum_sha256
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
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173.6 ms173.6 ms
wc_lines_large_line_count[500000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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2.9 ms2.9 ms
sort_mixed_utf8_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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38.8 ms38.8 ms
sort_case_insensitive[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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278.6 ms278.5 ms
ls_recursive_balanced_tree[(6, 4, 15)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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55.6 ms55.6 ms
sort_ascii_c_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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22.5 ms22.5 ms
wc_chars_large_line_count[100000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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994.6 µs994.6 µs
sort_accented_data[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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362.5 ms362.5 ms
ls_recursive_long_all_mixed_tree
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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2.8 ms2.8 ms
sort_ascii_utf8_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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43.1 ms43.1 ms
tsort_linear_chain[1000000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
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1.5 s1.5 s
uniq_heavy_duplicates[10000]
src/uu/uniq/benches/uniq_bench.rs
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1.9 ms1.9 ms
sort_mixed_c_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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38.2 ms38.2 ms
mv_directory
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
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3.5 ms3.5 ms
sort_key_field[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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700.1 ms700.1 ms
wc_lines_variable_length[(50, 500)]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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3.4 ms3.4 ms
sort_mixed_data[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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327.3 ms327.3 ms
sort_reverse_locale[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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361.5 ms361.5 ms
ls_recursive_long_all_wide_tree[(15000, 1500)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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142.2 ms142.2 ms
sort_ascii_only[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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353.6 ms353.6 ms
numfmt_large_numbers_si[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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32.5 ms32.5 ms
cut_fields_custom_delim
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
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40.7 ms40.7 ms
rm_recursive_tree
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
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13.6 ms13.6 ms
sort_dictionary_order[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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1.1 s1.1 s
wc_bytes_lines_synthetic[2000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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120.2 ms120.2 ms
expand_custom_tabstops[50000]
src/uu/expand/benches/expand_bench.rs
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37 ms37 ms
wc_words_large_line_count[100000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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47.9 ms47.9 ms
wc_default_large_line_count[100000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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50.4 ms50.4 ms
unexpand_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/unexpand/benches/unexpand_bench.rs
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262 ms262 ms
unexpand_large_file[10]
src/uu/unexpand/benches/unexpand_bench.rs
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549.3 ms549.3 ms
wc_words_synthetic[2000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
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11.4 s11.4 s
cksum_shake256
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.9 s1.9 s
cksum_shake128
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.5 s1.5 s
sort_numeric[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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1.2 s1.2 s
cksum_sha224
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.7 s1.7 s
cksum_sha2
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.7 s1.7 s
cksum_sha3
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.8 s1.8 s
cksum_sha256
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.7 s1.7 s
cksum_sm3
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.6 s1.6 s
cksum_sha512
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.1 s1.1 s
cksum_sha384
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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1.1 s1.1 s
cksum_sha1
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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722.9 ms722.9 ms
cksum_md5
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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317.8 ms317.8 ms
cksum_blake2b
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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192.9 ms192.9 ms
expand_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/expand/benches/expand_bench.rs
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149.9 ms149.9 ms
seq_custom_separator
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
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28.7 ms28.7 ms
cksum_blake3
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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95.7 ms95.7 ms
seq_formatted
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
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97.2 ms97.2 ms
hashsum_sha256_check
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
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173.6 ms173.6 ms
cksum_bsd
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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128.1 ms128.1 ms
cksum_sysv
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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48 ms48 ms
nl_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/nl/benches/nl_bench.rs
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79.8 ms79.8 ms
hashsum_md5
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
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32 ms32 ms
numfmt_to_iec[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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33.7 ms33.7 ms
cksum_default
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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17.7 ms17.7 ms
numfmt_to_si[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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33.7 ms33.7 ms
numfmt_from_si[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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32.7 ms32.7 ms
cksum_raw_output
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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17.7 ms17.7 ms
numfmt_to_si_precision[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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35.4 ms35.4 ms
hashsum_md5_check
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
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32 ms32 ms
nl_large_file[10]
src/uu/nl/benches/nl_bench.rs
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100.9 ms100.9 ms
fold_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/fold/benches/fold_bench.rs
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77.8 ms77.8 ms
fold_custom_width[50000]
src/uu/fold/benches/fold_bench.rs
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32.1 ms32.1 ms
seq_integers
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
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26.1 ms26.1 ms
numfmt_round_modes[("down", 10000)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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34.2 ms34.2 ms
cksum_multiple_files
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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26.5 ms26.5 ms
numfmt_padding[(10000, 50)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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48.4 ms48.4 ms
cksum_crc32b
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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14.1 ms14.1 ms
cksum_crc
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
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17.7 ms17.7 ms
seq_with_step
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
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13.3 ms13.3 ms
numfmt_round_modes[("up", 10000)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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34.2 ms34.2 ms
numfmt_round_modes[("towards-zero", 10000)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
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cut_fields_tab
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
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34.1 ms34.1 ms
ls_recursive_wide_tree[(10000, 1000)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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52.6 ms52.6 ms
cut_bytes
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
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8.5 ms8.5 ms
uniq_with_count[10000]
src/uu/uniq/benches/uniq_bench.rs
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1.9 ms1.9 ms
split_lines
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
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rm_force_files
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
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2.1 ms2.1 ms
cut_characters
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
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7.5 ms7.5 ms
rm_multiple_files
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
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split_numeric_suffix
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
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sort_numeric
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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23.5 ms23.5 ms
sort_long_line[160000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
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1.7 ms1.7 ms
hashsum_sha512
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
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110.8 ms110.8 ms
ls_recursive_deep_tree[(200, 2)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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2.2 ms2.2 ms
rm_single_file
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
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106.5 ms106.5 ms
tsort_tree_dag[(10, 3)]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
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34.4 ms34.4 ms
shuf_input_range[1000000]
src/uu/shuf/benches/shuf_bench.rs
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229.1 ms229.1 ms
mv_multiple_to_dir
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
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tsort_wide_dag[100000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
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134.7 ms134.8 ms
uniq_case_insensitive[10000]
src/uu/uniq/benches/uniq_bench.rs
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1.7 ms1.7 ms
split_bytes
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
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506.8 µs506.9 µs
shuf_lines[100000]
src/uu/shuf/benches/shuf_bench.rs
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26.9 ms26.9 ms
split_number_chunks
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
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275.3 µs275.4 µs
ls_recursive_long_all_balanced_tree[(6, 4, 15)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
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135.7 ms135.8 ms
b64_encode_synthetic
src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs
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146.4 µs146.5 µs
sort_unique_mixed
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
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38.6 ms38.6 ms
du_wide_tree[(5000, 500)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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11.2 ms11.2 ms
du_all_wide_tree[(5000, 500)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
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tsort_input_parsing_heavy[5000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
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cp: allow directory merging when destination was just created Previously, when copying to a destination that was created in the same cp call, the operation would fail with "will not overwrite just-created" for both files and directories. This change allows directories to be merged (matching GNU cp behavior) while still preventing file overwrites. The fix checks if both the source and destination are directories before allowing the merge. If either is a file, the original error behavior is preserved to prevent accidental file overwrites. Fixes the case where copying multiple directories to the same destination path would incorrectly error instead of merging their contents. fixes: #9318
efcdbfe
3 days ago
by vikram-kangotra
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test_cp: Update with the suggestion Co-authored-by: Daniel Hofstetter <daniel.hofstetter@42dh.com>
7ee3237
2 days ago
by vikram-kangotra
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