Issue #12715: Add an optional symlinks argument to shutil functions (copyfile, copymode, copystat, copy, copy2).
When that parameter is true, symlinks aren't dereferenced and the operation
instead acts on the symlink itself (or creates one, if relevant).
Patch by Hynek Schlawack.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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Library
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+- Issue #12715: Add an optional symlinks argument to shutil functions
+ (copyfile, copymode, copystat, copy, copy2). When that parameter is
+ true, symlinks aren't dereferenced and the operation instead acts on the
+ symlink itself (or creates one, if relevant). Patch by Hynek Schlawack.
+
- Add a flags parameter to select.epoll.
- Issue #12798: Updated the mimetypes documentation.