Add switch parameter "copy_stat" to shutil.copytree()

Author: okuxxo123

Lib/shutil.py

@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def _ignore_patterns(path, names):
     return _ignore_patterns
 
 def _copytree(entries, src, dst, symlinks, ignore, copy_function,
-              ignore_dangling_symlinks, dirs_exist_ok=False):
+              ignore_dangling_symlinks, dirs_exist_ok=False, copy_stat=True):
     if ignore is not None:
         ignored_names = ignore(os.fspath(src), [x.name for x in entries])
     else:
@@ -533,7 +533,8 @@ def _copytree(entries, src, dst, symlinks, ignore, copy_function,
         except OSError as why:
             errors.append((srcname, dstname, str(why)))
     try:
-        copystat(src, dst)
+        if copy_stat == True :
+            copystat(src, dst)
     except OSError as why:
         # Copying file access times may fail on Windows
         if getattr(why, 'winerror', None) is None:
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ def _copytree(entries, src, dst, symlinks, ignore, copy_function,
     return dst
 
 def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None, copy_function=copy2,
-             ignore_dangling_symlinks=False, dirs_exist_ok=False):
+             ignore_dangling_symlinks=False, dirs_exist_ok=False, copy_stat=True):
     """Recursively copy a directory tree and return the destination directory.
 
     If exception(s) occur, an Error is raised with a list of reasons.
@@ -588,7 +589,7 @@ def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None, copy_function=copy2,
     return _copytree(entries=entries, src=src, dst=dst, symlinks=symlinks,
                      ignore=ignore, copy_function=copy_function,
                      ignore_dangling_symlinks=ignore_dangling_symlinks,
-                     dirs_exist_ok=dirs_exist_ok)
+                     dirs_exist_ok=dirs_exist_ok, copy_stat=copy_stat)
 
 if hasattr(os.stat_result, 'st_file_attributes'):
     def _rmtree_islink(path):