[WIP] Fix CI checks for rootcp --replace flag issue

[Copilot]

Thanks for asking me to work on this. I will get started on it and keep this PR's description up to date as I form a plan and make progress.

Original prompt

The user is running into failing CI checks on pull request #20344 in the root-project/root repository. The user has been struggling with these failures for two weeks and needs help fixing them.

The pull request, titled "[IO] Fix rootcp --replace flag not working with recursive copy", addresses issue #7052. The changes involve ensuring the --replace flag is respected during recursive copy operations.

Multiple CI checks are failing across different environments (alma8, alma9, debian13, etc.), indicating a potentially widespread issue. The user needs help diagnosing and fixing the root cause of these CI failures so the pull request can be merged.

Here is the user's description of the change:
"The --replace flag was not being checked when copying regular objects (non-tree, non-collection) in recursive mode. This caused objects to be written with new cycles instead of replacing existing ones.

Added replaceOption check in the else block of copyRootObjectRecursive() to delete existing objects before writing replacements."

Your task is to:

1. Investigate the failing CI checks in pull request [IO] Fix rootcp --replace flag not working with recursive copy #20344.
2. Identify the root cause of the failures.
3. Implement the necessary code changes to fix the CI failures.
4. Open a new pull request with the fixes.

This pull request was created as a result of the following prompt from Copilot chat.

The user is running into failing CI checks on pull request #20344 in the root-project/root repository. The user has been struggling with these failures for two weeks and needs help fixing them.

The pull request, titled "[IO] Fix rootcp --replace flag not working with recursive copy", addresses issue #7052. The changes involve ensuring the --replace flag is respected during recursive copy operations.

Multiple CI checks are failing across different environments (alma8, alma9, debian13, etc.), indicating a potentially widespread issue. The user needs help diagnosing and fixing the root cause of these CI failures so the pull request can be merged.

Here is the user's description of the change:
"The --replace flag was not being checked when copying regular objects (non-tree, non-collection) in recursive mode. This caused objects to be written with new cycles instead of replacing existing ones.

Added replaceOption check in the else block of copyRootObjectRecursive() to delete existing objects before writing replacements."

Your task is to:

1. Investigate the failing CI checks in pull request [IO] Fix rootcp --replace flag not working with recursive copy #20344.
2. Identify the root cause of the failures.
3. Implement the necessary code changes to fix the CI failures.
4. Open a new pull request with the fixes.

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[ahmedbilal9]

This pull request was auto-generated by GitHub Copilot to help with the CI failures from my original PR #20344. I've decided to proceed with fixing the issue manually. This PR is no longer needed and can be closed. Thank you!