[issue12715] Add symlink support to shutil functions

[Hynek Schlawack]

Hynek Schlawack <hs at ox.cx> added the comment:

Thanks to Antoine & Charles-François for their reviews! I think I've incorporated all desired changes.

Please let me know if I have missed something, meanwhile I'll tackle the docs.

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