cp_r given a src ending in '/.' now copies over the contents of the

src dir.

lib/fakefs.rb

@@ -38,8 +38,14 @@ module FakeFS
         raise Errno::ENOENT, dest
       end
 
+      # This last bit is a total abuse and should be thought hard
+      # about and cleaned up.
       if new_dir
-        new_dir[dir.name] = dir.entry.clone
+        if src[-2..-1] == '/.'
+          dir.values.each{|f| new_dir[f.name] = f }
+        else
+          new_dir[dir.name] = dir.entry.clone
+        end
       else
         FileSystem.add(dest, dir.entry.clone)
       end

test/fakefs_test.rb

@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     RealFile.unlink(here('foo')) if RealFile.exists?(here('foo'))
   end
 
+  def test_putting_a_dot_at_end_copies_the_contents
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p 'subdir'
+    Dir.chdir('subdir'){ File.open('foo', 'w'){|f| f.write 'footext' } }
+
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p 'newdir'
+    FileUtils.cp_r 'subdir/.', 'newdir'
+    assert_equal 'footext', File.open('newdir/foo'){|f| f.read }
+  end
+
   def test_file_can_read_from_symlinks
     File.open('first', 'w'){|f| f.write '1'}
     FileUtils.ln_s 'first', 'one'