1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/journal-note b/scripts/journal-note
index d71ec0a..d6de160 100755
--- a/scripts/journal-note
+++ b/scripts/journal-note
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ class App(object):
         draft_dir, ext = os.path.splitext(draft)
         finished_dir, ext = os.path.splitext(finished)
         if os.path.exists(draft_dir):
-            shutil.copytree(draft_dir, finished_dir)
+            if os.path.exists(finished_dir):
+                raise obnamlib.AppException('%s already exists' % 
+                                                finished_dir)
+            os.rename(draft_dir, finished_dir)
         
         src = os.path.join(opts.base, 'src')
         argv = ['bzr', 'add', finished]