Incorrect behaviour on wc copy when using checkout/update --depth

The short description is this:

If I check out a working copy without taking all of its children (say,
with depth=empty, or depth=files etc...) then when I copy it into
another part of the working copy that restriction should propagate:

% svn co --depth=empty $url/trunk/foo

% svn co $url/tags

% svn cp foo tags/foo_tagged

% ls tags/foo_tagged
<nothing>

% svn ci -m "Tagged an empty copy of 'foo'" tags

% svn co $url/tags/foo_tagged

% ls foo_tagged
  <everything that was in foo on the trunk>

Attached is a script that demonstrates the issue in detail. It
requires svn 1.5, because --depth is a new thing :)

I contend that checking in a working copy that does not have files,
and then checking the same URL out to find out that it does have files
violates the principle of least surprise. However, it would probably
be enough to provide an option to preserve checkout depth on copy.

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