cp skipping dot files? about shelljs

[paulvi]

I ran into the same problem. The README DOES NOT mention this behavior.
-A option for cp is not implemented.

[paulvi]

Looking at source https://github.com/arturadib/shelljs/blob/master/src/cp.js found https://github.com/ryanmcgrath/wrench-js wrench.js - Recursive file operations in Node.js

[paulvi]

https://github.com/arturadib/shelljs/blob/master/src/cp.js#L64

var files = fs.readdirSync(sourceDir);

is where the folder is read, fs.readdirSync returns list of folder content including .files and folders (tested).

but checking the whole block https://github.com/arturadib/shelljs/blob/master/src/cp.js#L64-L84 I see no wrong.

[arturadib]

That's on purpose. If you run cp -R foo/* bar on Unix it also won't copy dot files. ShellJS tries to mock Unix's behavior as closely as possible.

[paulvi]

Well, it should be nice to mention that as warning in docs

(as shell.js has not yet implemented all cp options)