From fabf0e621f6a9224671664be9655dd945922685b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 07:33:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #1927537 [Clicking Copy in the Auto merged window copies
 explanation text](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1927537)

---
 src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py            |  4 ++--
 src/calibre/gui2/actions/add.py         |  2 +-
 src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py | 13 +++++++------
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index a0615d4e88..d79817039c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ def question_dialog(parent, title, msg, det_msg='', show_copy_button=False,
 
 
 def info_dialog(parent, title, msg, det_msg='', show=False,
-        show_copy_button=True):
+        show_copy_button=True, only_copy_details=False):
     from calibre.gui2.dialogs.message_box import MessageBox
     d = MessageBox(MessageBox.INFO, title, msg, det_msg, parent=parent,
-                    show_copy_button=show_copy_button)
+                    show_copy_button=show_copy_button, only_copy_details=only_copy_details)
 
     if show:
         return d.exec_()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/add.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/add.py
index e97f6f4d6a..b99b156558 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/add.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/add.py
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class AddAction(InterfaceAction):
                 _('Incoming book formats were processed and merged into your '
                     'calibre database according to your auto-merge '
                     'settings. Click "Show details" to see the list of merged books.'),
-                    det_msg='\n'.join(lines), show=True)
+                    det_msg='\n'.join(lines), show=True, only_copy_details=True)
 
         if adder.number_of_books_added > 0 or adder.merged_books:
             # The formats of the current book could have changed if
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py
index c5ce4ecdbc..5684e081ad 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ class MessageBox(QDialog):  # {{{
                  show_copy_button=True,
                  parent=None, default_yes=True,
                  yes_text=None, no_text=None, yes_icon=None, no_icon=None,
-                 add_abort_button=False
+                 add_abort_button=False,
+                 only_copy_details=False
     ):
         QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
+        self.only_copy_details = only_copy_details
         self.aborted = False
         if q_icon is None:
             icon = {
@@ -170,11 +172,10 @@ class MessageBox(QDialog):  # {{{
         self.resize(self.sizeHint())
 
     def copy_to_clipboard(self, *args):
-        QApplication.clipboard().setText(
-                'calibre, version %s\n%s: %s\n\n%s' %
-                (__version__, unicode_type(self.windowTitle()),
-                    unicode_type(self.msg.text()),
-                    unicode_type(self.det_msg.toPlainText())))
+        text = self.det_msg.toPlainText()
+        if not self.only_copy_details:
+            text = f'calibre, version {__version__}\n{self.windowTitle()}: {self.msg.text()}\n\n{text}'
+        QApplication.clipboard().setText(text)
         if hasattr(self, 'ctc_button'):
             self.ctc_button.setText(_('Copied'))