Using organize to move a folder to a child folder fails due to recursion
Metadata
Current evaluation
The historical organize recursion is addressed by self-move protection; organize now runs during build, resolving both reported behaviors in current code.
Suggested action: close resolved
Reason: Snapcraft commit be5982a1d (snapcraft#2047) moved organize into the build step, directly resolving the install-versus-stage discrepancy. Current craft-parts also skips self-organizations and prunes destinations nested beneath the source; craft-parts#1201 added explicit self-move handling and craft-parts#1370 hardened destination handling.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
29
Complexity:
38
Confidence:
94
Actionability:
94
|
close resolved | The historical organize recursion is addressed by self-move protection; organize now runs during build, resolving both reported behaviors in current code. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
52
Quick Win:
25
Complexity:
42
Confidence:
91
Actionability:
82
|
close resolved | The organize-key recursion was fixed by rejecting self-moves; the commenter’s separate build-versus-stage observation was addressed by organizing during build. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
70
Quick Win:
39
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Actionability:
80
|
keep open | Bug in `organize` directive causing infinite recursion when moving a folder to a child folder. Valid bug report with clear description and workaround. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
18
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
40
Support Request:
15
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needs triage | Snapcraft organize directive causes infinite recursion when moving a folder into its own child path (e.g. '.': lib/python3.6/site-packages). Workaround via glob ('*') documented in issue. 9+ years old, zero comments, no labels, never triaged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Bug in snapcraft organize directive causes infinite recursion when moving files into a matching subdirectory. Unaddressed for over 9 years with no maintainer interaction or labels. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Snapcraft's organize directive causes infinite recursion when moving files to a newly created subdirectory. Untriaged, inactive for ~9 years, no maintainer response. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Infinite recursion bug when using the organize directive to move files to a subdirectory in snapcraft dump plugin. Unassessed and inactive for over nine years. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcraft#2047
(confidence 100%)
Commit be5982a1d changed organize to run during build rather than stage, directly addressing the commenter's observation.
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Likely Fixed By:
craft-parts#1370
(confidence 84%)
Commit 7fe7c84e hardened organize destination handling, while link_or_copy_tree now avoids descending into a destination nested under the source.
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Likely Fixed By:
craft-parts#1201
(confidence 82%)
Commit ae1de9f6 added handling for organizing a path onto itself; current code performs a same-file check before copying.
Related issues
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