func copyAsDirectory(source, destination string, destinationExists bool) error {
	if err := archive.CopyWithTar(source, destination); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if destinationExists {
		files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(source)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		for _, file := range files {
			if err := fixPermissions(filepath.Join(destination, file.Name()), 0, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
		}
		return nil
	}

	return fixPermissions(destination, 0, 0)
}

func copyExistingContents(source, destination string) error {
	volList, err := ioutil.ReadDir(source)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if len(volList) > 0 {
		srcList, err := ioutil.ReadDir(destination)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if len(srcList) == 0 {
			// If the source volume is empty copy files from the root into the volume
			if err := archive.CopyWithTar(source, destination); err != nil {
				return err
			}
		}
	}

	return copyOwnership(source, destination)
}

func (b *buildFile) addContext(container *Container, orig, dest string, decompress bool) error {
	var (
		err        error
		destExists = true
		origPath   = path.Join(b.contextPath, orig)
		destPath   = path.Join(container.RootfsPath(), dest)
	)

	if destPath != container.RootfsPath() {
		destPath, err = symlink.FollowSymlinkInScope(destPath, container.RootfsPath())
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	// Preserve the trailing '/'
	if strings.HasSuffix(dest, "/") || dest == "." {
		destPath = destPath + "/"
	}

	destStat, err := os.Stat(destPath)
	if err != nil {
		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
			return err
		}
		destExists = false
	}

	fi, err := os.Stat(origPath)
	if err != nil {
		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
			return fmt.Errorf("%s: no such file or directory", orig)
		}
		return err
	}

	if fi.IsDir() {
		return copyAsDirectory(origPath, destPath, destExists)
	}

	// If we are adding a remote file (or we've been told not to decompress), do not try to untar it
	if decompress {
		// First try to unpack the source as an archive
		// to support the untar feature we need to clean up the path a little bit
		// because tar is very forgiving.  First we need to strip off the archive's
		// filename from the path but this is only added if it does not end in / .
		tarDest := destPath
		if strings.HasSuffix(tarDest, "/") {
			tarDest = filepath.Dir(destPath)
		}

		// try to successfully untar the orig
		if err := archive.UntarPath(origPath, tarDest); err == nil {
			return nil
		} else if err != io.EOF {
			log.Debugf("Couldn't untar %s to %s: %s", origPath, tarDest, err)
		}
	}

	if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(destPath), 0755); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := archive.CopyWithTar(origPath, destPath); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	resPath := destPath
	if destExists && destStat.IsDir() {
		resPath = path.Join(destPath, path.Base(origPath))
	}

	return fixPermissions(resPath, 0, 0)
}