force symlink creation to workaround moved/deleted link targets

thepeterstone · Jan 23, 2012 · 84cf679 · 84cf679
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diff --git a/bin/home-sync b/bin/home-sync
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ main() {
 
 backupAndReplace() {
     [ -e $HOME/.$1 ] && mv -f $HOME/.$1 $ROOT/backups/$1
-    ln -s $ROOT/dot-files/$1 $HOME/.$1
+    # this needs to be forced because -e returns false for a dangling symlink
+    ln -sf $ROOT/dot-files/$1 $HOME/.$1
 }
 
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