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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 | bf051054b621109aa4e064ec4045f4ce0e521066 (patch) | |
| tree | 7cd273d7d89b9d75337b894dda3d93bddc266f04 /Library/Homebrew/extend | |
| parent | 3c5f881e14ddaf2d0a6bb9651e1422ed4cb48185 (diff) | |
| download | homebrew-bf051054b621109aa4e064ec4045f4ce0e521066.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 #11811.
Signed-off-by: Misty De Meo <mistydemeo@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Library/Homebrew/extend')
| -rw-r--r-- | Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb index 600e114a6..946ea0d49 100644 --- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb +++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb @@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ class Pathname raise <<-EOS.undent Could not symlink file: #{src.expand_path} Target #{self} already exists. You may need to delete it. + To force the link and delete this file, do: + brew link -f formula_name + + To list all files that would be deleted: + brew link -n formula_name EOS elsif !dirname.writable? raise <<-EOS.undent |