From e491bbdbed1e0ad45a97ec423780713557c4bb6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 08:51:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cp: allow multiple usages of -R/-r Closes: #5027 works for
 all other rm args

---
 src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs      |  1 +
 tests/by-util/test_cp.rs | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 60ef540954a..de9dd1c919f 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             backup_control::BACKUP_CONTROL_LONG_HELP
         ))
         .infer_long_args(true)
+        .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('t')
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index 3074513de2e..4e699367976 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,20 @@ fn test_cp_recurse() {
     assert_eq!(at.read(TEST_COPY_TO_FOLDER_NEW_FILE), "Hello, World!\n");
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+fn test_cp_recurse_several() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    ucmd.arg("-r")
+        .arg("-r")
+        .arg(TEST_COPY_FROM_FOLDER)
+        .arg(TEST_COPY_TO_FOLDER_NEW)
+        .succeeds();
+
+    // Check the content of the destination file that was copied.
+    assert_eq!(at.read(TEST_COPY_TO_FOLDER_NEW_FILE), "Hello, World!\n");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_cp_with_dirs_t() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();