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| author | Martin Afanasjew | 2015-12-08 09:11:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Martin Afanasjew | 2016-04-06 10:31:54 +0200 |
| commit | ea38a7039552b27334efad63897bbc3ad2b7263c (patch) | |
| tree | 054233c5a3b3b6f5986d08f7699dc6423941f19b /Library/Homebrew/manpages | |
| parent | b50e950f0ea2a5fdfc8d312d1a6eb4f4e6240fa0 (diff) | |
| download | brew-ea38a7039552b27334efad63897bbc3ad2b7263c.tar.bz2 | |
prune: handle broken app symlinks
Remove broken symlinks from `/Applications` and `~/Applications` that
were previously created by `brew linkapps`, but are no longer valid
because formulae were uninstalled or the provided apps have changed.
Diffstat (limited to 'Library/Homebrew/manpages')
| -rw-r--r-- | Library/Homebrew/manpages/brew.1.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Homebrew/manpages/brew.1.md index 9e3c2cd07..f1849f90f 100644 --- a/Library/Homebrew/manpages/brew.1.md +++ b/Library/Homebrew/manpages/brew.1.md @@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ With `--verbose` or `-v`, many commands print extra debugging information. Note * `prune` [`--dry-run`]: Remove dead symlinks from the Homebrew prefix. This is generally not - needed, but can be useful when doing DIY installations. + needed, but can be useful when doing DIY installations. Also remove broken + app symlinks from `/Applications` and `~/Applications` that were previously + created by `brew linkapps`. If `--dry-run` or `-n` is passed, show what would be removed, but do not actually remove anything. |