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 Library
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+- Issue #1492704: shutil.copyfile() raises a distinct SameFileError now if
+  source and destination are the same file. Patch by Atsuo Ishimoto.
+
 - Issue #13896: Make shelf instances work with 'with' as context managers.
   Original patch by Filip Gruszczyński.