fix Bug #1786269

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/selection-chemistry.cpp b/src/selection-chemistry.cpp
index 366ccbe33..00c08a4ca 100644..100755
--- a/src/selection-chemistry.cpp
+++ b/src/selection-chemistry.cpp
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ void ObjectSet::duplicate(bool suppressDone, bool duplicateLayer)
             SPUse *use = dynamic_cast<SPUse *>(old_clone);
             SPOffset *offset = dynamic_cast<SPOffset *>(old_clone);
             SPText *text = dynamic_cast<SPText *>(old_clone);
+            SPPath *path = dynamic_cast<SPPath *>(old_clone);
             if (use) {
                 SPItem *orig = use->get_original();
                 if (!orig) // orphaned
@@ -544,6 +545,20 @@ void ObjectSet::duplicate(bool suppressDone, bool duplicateLayer)
                         doc->getObjectById(new_ids[i])->firstChild()->getRepr()->setAttribute("xlink:href", Glib::ustring("#") + new_ids[j]);
                     }
                 }
+            } else if (path) {
+            	if (old_clone->getAttribute("inkscape:connection-start") != nullptr) {
+            	    const char *old_start = old_clone->getAttribute("inkscape:connection-start");
+            	    const char *old_end = old_clone->getAttribute("inkscape:connection-end");
+            	    SPObject *new_clone = doc->getObjectById(new_ids[i]);
+            	    for (guint j = 0; j < old_ids.size(); j++) {
+            	        if(old_start == Glib::ustring("#") + old_ids[j]) {
+            	            new_clone->getRepr()->setAttribute("inkscape:connection-start", Glib::ustring("#") + new_ids[j]);
+            	        }
+            	        if(old_end == Glib::ustring("#") + old_ids[j]) {
+            	            new_clone->getRepr()->setAttribute("inkscape:connection-end", Glib::ustring("#") + new_ids[j]);
+            	        }
+            	    }
+            	}
             }
         }
     }