FileSystemUtils.copyRecursively no longer replaces existing files [SPR-15845]

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Andy Wilkinson opened SPR-15845 and commented

In 4.3, copyRecursively would replace existing files. In 5.0, the move to Files.copy means that existing files are no longer overwritten and the copy fails with a FileAlreadyExistsException.

I wonder if this change was intentional (and could perhaps be mentioned in the javadoc), or if using StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING would be appropriate.

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Affects: 5.0 RC3

Issue Links:

• FileSystemUtils.deleteRecursively always returns false [SPR-15846] #20401 FileSystemUtils.deleteRecursively always returns false

Referenced from: commits fabc9c2

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Good catch...