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+# typed: true
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "system_command"
+
+module Utils
+  # Helper functions for interacting with the `cp` command.
+  module Cp
+    class << self
+      sig {
+        params(
+          source:  T.any(String, Pathname, T::Array[T.any(String, Pathname)]),
+          target:  T.any(String, Pathname),
+          sudo:    T::Boolean,
+          verbose: T::Boolean,
+          command: T.class_of(SystemCommand),
+        ).returns(SystemCommand::Result)
+      }
+      def copy(source, target, sudo: false, verbose: false, command: SystemCommand)
+        command.run! executable, args: ["-p", *extra_flags, *source, target], sudo:, verbose:
+      end
+
+      sig {
+        params(
+          source:  T.any(String, Pathname, T::Array[T.any(String, Pathname)]),
+          target:  T.any(String, Pathname),
+          sudo:    T::Boolean,
+          verbose: T::Boolean,
+          command: T.class_of(SystemCommand),
+        ).returns(SystemCommand::Result)
+      }
+      def copy_recursive(source, target, sudo: false, verbose: false, command: SystemCommand)
+        command.run! executable, args: ["-pR", *extra_flags, *source, target], sudo:, verbose:
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      GCP = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/cp").freeze
+      UCP = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"opt/uutils-coreutils/libexec/uubin/cp").freeze
+
+      sig { returns(T.any(String, Pathname)) }
+      def executable
+        case type
+        when :coreutils
+          GCP
+        when :uutils
+          UCP
+        else
+          "cp"
+        end
+      end
+
+      GNU_FLAGS = [
+        # Unlike BSD cp, `gcp -p` doesn't guarantee to preserve extended attributes, including
+        # quarantine information on macOS.
+        "--preserve=all",
+        "--no-preserve=links",
+        # Perform a lightweight copy-on-write clone if applicable.
+        "--reflink=auto",
+      ].freeze
+      # On macOS, the `cp` utility has the `-c` option, which is equivalent to
+      # `gcp --reflink=always`, but we are not using that because it would fail if the `clonefile`
+      # syscall isn't applicable (the underlying filesystem doesn't support the feature or the
+      # source and the target are on different filesystems).
+      GENERIC_FLAGS = [].freeze
+
+      sig { returns(T::Array[String]) }
+      def extra_flags
+        if type
+          GNU_FLAGS
+        else
+          GENERIC_FLAGS
+        end
+      end
+
+      sig { returns(T.nilable(Symbol)) }
+      def type
+        return @type if defined?(@type)
+
+        {
+          coreutils: "coreutils",
+          uutils:    "uutils-coreutils",
+        }.each do |type, formula|
+          begin
+            formula = Formula[formula]
+          rescue FormulaUnavailableError
+            next
+          end
+          return @type = type if formula.optlinked?
+        end
+
+        @type = nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end