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Add docs to explain whether move supports directories as destination #830

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Pomax opened this issue Aug 20, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #888
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Add docs to explain whether move supports directories as destination #830

Pomax opened this issue Aug 20, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #888

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Pomax commented Aug 20, 2020

Given that mv somefile.txt textfiles will happily move a file somefile.txt into a dir textfiles, one might expect move('somefile.txt', 'textfiles') to work, but the docs currently do not explain what a valid dest is. Could the docs be amended to make it explicit whether dest must be a file path, or whether any path is valid?

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RyanZim commented Aug 20, 2020

Sure, PR welcome.

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Pomax commented Aug 22, 2020

Just a friendly reminder that "PRs welcome" isn't really the best phrase to use. To people who file issues, it's effectively a polite way to say "if you want this, go do it yourself", and is one of those phrases that seemed like a good idea when it first popped up, but actually hurts a project more than it helps. A "Good idea!" response and then setting some labels like "docs", "enhancement", and "help wanted" to signal this probably won't get done by the core team itself unless someone has a spare moment is by far the more welcoming approach.

(I will unfortunately not be filing that PR: I'm weeks deep into a 100+ page open source project documentation rewrite already, and have enough on my plate that filing docs improvement requests is the best I can do right now)

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