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| author | Misty De Meo | 2012-06-17 16:54:20 -0500 |
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| committer | Misty De Meo | 2012-07-09 12:01:09 -0500 |
| commit | 743b5e6feb05c92cfea49f89bc946ea1420b80fe (patch) | |
| tree | 97b06b997d1e4e0c495f061918542f266461dce5 /share | |
| parent | dd9ef7b71b71193cc5284732fe26d62f9b25263c (diff) | |
| download | brew-743b5e6feb05c92cfea49f89bc946ea1420b80fe.tar.bz2 | |
link: add --force and --dry-run options
`brew link` can now be made to delete any conflicting files using
the --force argument. It also has a --dry-run option, similar to
git clean -n, which will list any files which would be deleted
without touching the filesystem.
Closes Homebrew/homebrew#11811.
Signed-off-by: Misty De Meo <mistydemeo@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man1/brew.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1 index e1c546cdc..4c3d591e9 100644 --- a/share/man/man1/brew.1 +++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3 .\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3 . -.TH "BREW" "1" "March 2012" "Homebrew" "brew" +.TH "BREW" "1" "June 2012" "Homebrew" "brew" . .SH "NAME" \fBbrew\fR \- The missing package manager for OS X @@ -208,9 +208,15 @@ Download and patch \fIformula\fR, then open a shell\. This allows the user to ru If \fB\-\-git\fR is passed, Homebrew will create a Git repository, useful for creating patches to the software\. . .TP -\fBln\fR, \fBlink\fR \fIformula\fR +\fBln\fR, \fBlink [\-\-force] [\-\-dry\-run]\fR \fIformula\fR Symlink all of \fIformula\fR\'s installed files into the Homebrew prefix\. This is done automatically when you install formula, but can be useful for DIY installations\. . +.IP +If \fB\-\-force\fR is passed, Homebrew will delete files which already exist in the prefix while linking\. +. +.IP +If \fB\-\-dry\-run\fR or \fB\-n\fR is passed, Homebrew will list all files which would be deleted by \fBbrew link \-\-force\fR, but will not actually link or delete any files\. +. .TP \fBls, list [\-\-unbrewed] [\-\-versions]\fR [\fIformulae\fR] Without any arguments, list all installed formulae\. |