From fe4da2b8e55f7a45085cf7456f65b055b52139d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Matos <davidmatos06@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 20:25:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cp: modify archive flag to copy dir contents rather than dir

---
 src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs |  2 +-
 tests/by-util/test_cp.rs | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
index a89bd8537..c312b7cbb 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     fn new(root: &'a Path, target: &'a Path) -> std::io::Result<Self> {
         let current_dir = env::current_dir()?;
         let root_path = current_dir.join(root);
-        let root_parent = if target.exists() {
+        let root_parent = if target.exists() && !root.to_str().unwrap().ends_with("/.") {
             root_path.parent().map(|p| p.to_path_buf())
         } else {
             Some(root_path)
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index e6e8a6ba2..eec6b4536 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -2532,3 +2532,14 @@ fn test_src_base_dot() {
         .no_stdout();
     assert!(!at.dir_exists("y/x"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn test_cp_archive_on_directory_ending_dot() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    at.mkdir("dir1");
+    at.mkdir("dir2");
+    at.touch("dir1/file");
+    ucmd.args(&["-a", "dir1/.", "dir2"]).succeeds();
+    assert!(at.file_exists("dir2/file"));
+}