Workaround for existing symlinks by overwriting them

2026-03-04 11:18:14 -07:00
parent 8765c51696
commit 397974cb68
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ impl crate::FileConfig {

        if self.symlink {
            println!("Create symlink {} to {}", target_file.display(), self.data);
+            if target_file.is_symlink() {
+                fs::remove_file(&target_file).with_context(|| {
+                    format!("failed to remove old symlink {}", target_file.display())
+                })?;
+            }
            symlink(&OsStr::new(&self.data), &target_file).with_context(|| {
                format!(
                    "failed to create symlink {} to {}",