Index: app/controllers/issue_moves_controller.rb
===================================================================
--- app/controllers/issue_moves_controller.rb	(revision 5881)
+++ app/controllers/issue_moves_controller.rb	(working copy)
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@
       moved_issues = []
       @issues.each do |issue|
         issue.reload
-        issue.init_journal(User.current)
-        issue.current_journal.notes = @notes if @notes.present?
         call_hook(:controller_issues_move_before_save, { :params => params, :issue => issue, :target_project => @target_project, :copy => !!@copy })
-        if r = issue.move_to_project(@target_project, new_tracker, {:copy => @copy, :attributes => extract_changed_attributes_for_move(params)})
+        if r = issue.move_to_project(@target_project, @notes, new_tracker, {:copy => @copy, :attributes => extract_changed_attributes_for_move(params)})
           moved_issues << r
         else
           unsaved_issue_ids << issue.id
Index: app/models/issue.rb
===================================================================
--- app/models/issue.rb	(revision 5881)
+++ app/models/issue.rb	(working copy)
@@ -146,10 +146,17 @@
       move_to_project_without_transaction(*args) || raise(ActiveRecord::Rollback)
     end || false
   end
-
-  def move_to_project_without_transaction(new_project, new_tracker = nil, options = {})
+  
+  def move_to_project_without_transaction(new_project, notes = '', new_tracker = nil, options = {})
     options ||= {}
-    issue = options[:copy] ? self.class.new.copy_from(self) : self
+
+    if options[:copy]
+       issue = self.class.new.copy_from(self)
+       issue.init_journal(User.current, notes, false) if notes.present?
+     else
+       issue = self
+       issue.init_journal(User.current, notes)
+     end
 
     if new_project && issue.project_id != new_project.id
       # delete issue relations
@@ -188,13 +195,7 @@
       issue.attributes = options[:attributes]
     end
     if issue.save
-      if options[:copy]
-        if current_journal && current_journal.notes.present?
-          issue.init_journal(current_journal.user, current_journal.notes)
-          issue.current_journal.notify = false
-          issue.save
-        end
-      else
+      unless options[:copy]
         # Manually update project_id on related time entries
         TimeEntry.update_all("project_id = #{new_project.id}", {:issue_id => id})
 
@@ -381,8 +382,9 @@
     end
   end
 
-  def init_journal(user, notes = "")
+  def init_journal(user, notes = '', notify_on_save = true)
     @current_journal ||= Journal.new(:journalized => self, :user => user, :notes => notes)
+    @current_journal.notify = notify_on_save
     @issue_before_change = self.clone
     @issue_before_change.status = self.status
     @custom_values_before_change = {}