Merge pull request #8271 from tksmd/fix-copy-set-fs-attributes-issue

fix an issue that copying directory will fail when trying to change file attributes

lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/copy.py

@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ class ActionModule(object):
                 new_module_args = dict(
                     src=tmp_src,
                     dest=dest,
+                    original_basename=source_rel
                 )
                 if self.runner.noop_on_check(inject):
                     new_module_args['CHECKMODE'] = True

test/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml

@@ -151,5 +151,11 @@
 #  ignore_errors: True
 #  register: failed_copy
 
+- name: copy already copied directory again
+  copy: src=subdir dest={{output_subdir | expanduser}} owner={{ansible_ssh_user}}
+  register: copy_result5
 
-
+- name: assert that the directory was not changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "not copy_result5|changed"
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