TODO: Implement recursive upload/download in guestfish.

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@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ For example, copying in virt-resize.  How can we display the progress
 of these operations?  This is a basic usability requirement, and
 frequently requested.
 
+See: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-July/msg00003.html
+and follow-ups.
+
 Better support for encrypted devices
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@@ -367,3 +370,23 @@ We would like to add:
   - An easier way to use this from guestfish.
   - Direct access to the /dev/mapper device (eg. if it contains
     anything apart from VGs).
+
+Recursive upload / download of multiple files
+---------------------------------------------
+
+virt-tar is really clumsy to use, and upload/download in guestfish can
+only do single files.  tar-in in guestfish can upload multiple files,
+but only if you have prepared a tarball in advance.
+
+What we really need is a method which is as easy to use as 'scp' and
+'scp -r'.
+
+Can we add this as a command in guestfish?  This will be more useful
+since users will already need to be in guestfish in order to create
+target directories, review what they've done etc.  It could be a meta-
+command such as:
+
+  copy-in-recursive localdir remotedir
+  copy-out-recursive remotedir localdir
+
+which would hide use of tgz-in etc.