Add docstring

c18482b4 · Jason R. Coombs · c3a21a08 · c18482b4
Commit c18482b4 authored May 21, 2016 by Jason R. Coombs
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setuptools/command/easy_install.py setuptools/command/easy_install.py +6 -0

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--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ def is_64bit():


 def samefile(p1, p2):
+    """
+    Determine if two paths reference the same file.
+
+    Augments os.path.samefile to work on Windows and
+    suppresses errors if the path doesn't exist.
+    """
    both_exist = os.path.exists(p1) and os.path.exists(p2)
    use_samefile = hasattr(os.path, 'samefile') and both_exist
    if use_samefile: