Add `link --force-link` to override old links (e.g. convert to relative).

[dotfiles-framework.git] / dotfiles.sh

diff --git a/dotfiles.sh b/dotfiles.sh
index 900fcf57a910c4de9b5b0b9d2e42019296c58b0c..cf3af80cbdc0925dea8f49bbd3fd52ff34c49f8d 100755 (executable)
--- a/dotfiles.sh
+++ b/dotfiles.sh
@@ -523,36 +523,47 @@ function link_help()
 
        cat <<-EOF
 
-               usage: $0 ${COMMAND} [--force|--force-file] [--dry-run] [--no-backup] [REPO]
+               usage: $0 ${COMMAND} [--force] [--force-dir] [--force-file] [--force-link]
+             [--dry-run] [--no-backup] [REPO]
 
                Where 'REPO' is the name the dotfiles repository to link.  If it
                is not given, all repositories will be linked.
 
-               By default, link.sh only replaces missing files and simlinks.  You
-               can optionally overwrite any local files by passing the --force
-               option.
+               By default, ${COMMAND} only replaces missing directories, files,
+               simlinks.  You can optionally overwrite any local stuff by passing
+               the --force option.  If you only want to overwrite a particular
+               type, use the more granular --force-dir, etc.
        EOF
 }
 
 function link()
 {
-       FORCE='no'   # If 'file', overwrite existing files.
-                    # If 'yes', overwrite existing files and dirs.
+       FORCE_DIR='no'    # If 'yes', overwrite existing directories.
+       FORCE_FILE='no'   # If 'yes', overwrite existing files.
+       FORCE_LINK='no'   # If 'yes', overwrite existing symlinks.
        DRY_RUN='no' # If 'yes', disable any actions that change the filesystem
-       BACKUP='yes'
+       BACKUP_OPT='yes'
        while [ "${1::2}" = '--' ]; do
                case "${1}" in
                        '--force')
-                               FORCE='yes'
+                               FORCE_DIR='yes'
+                               FORCE_FILE='yes'
+                               FORCE_LINK='yes'
+                               ;;
+                       '--force-dir')
+                               FORCE_DIR='yes'
                                ;;
                        '--force-file')
-                               FORCE='file'
+                               FORCE_FILE='yes'
+                               ;;
+                       '--force-link')
+                               FORCE_LINK='yes'
                                ;;
                        '--dry-run')
                                DRY_RUN='yes'
                                ;;
                        '--no-backup')
-                               BACKUP='no'
+                               BACKUP_OPT='no'
                                ;;
                        *)
                                echo "ERROR: invalid option to link (${1})" >&2
@@ -566,17 +577,24 @@ function link()
        DOTFILES_SRC="${DOTFILES_DIR}/${REPO}/patched-src"
 
        while read FILE; do
+               BACKUP="${BACKUP_OPT}"
                if [ "${DOTFILES_SRC}/${FILE}" -ef "${TARGET}/${FILE}" ]; then
-                       continue  # already simlinked
-               fi
-               if [ -d "${DOTFILES_SRC}/${FILE}" ] && [ -d "${TARGET}/${FILE}" ] && \
-                       [ "${FORCE}" != 'yes' ]; then
-                       echo "use --force to override the existing directory: ${TARGET}/${FILE}"
-                       continue  # allow unlinked directories
-               fi
-               if [ -e "$TARGET/${FILE}" ] && [ "${FORCE}" = 'no' ]; then
-                       echo "use --force to override the existing target: ${TARGET}/${FILE}"
-                       continue  # target already exists
+                       if [ "${FORCE_LINK}" = 'no' ]; then
+                               # don't prompt about --force-link, because this will happen a lot
+                               continue  # already simlinked
+                       else
+                               # don't backup links that already point to the right place
+                               BACKUP='no'
+                       fi
+               else
+                       if [ -d "${DOTFILES_SRC}/${FILE}" ] && [ -d "${TARGET}/${FILE}" ] && \
+                               [ "${FORCE_DIR}" = 'no' ]; then
+                               echo "use --force-dir to override the existing directory: ${TARGET}/${FILE}"
+                               continue  # allow unlinked directories
+                       elif [ -f "${TARGET}/${FILE}" ] && [ "${FORCE_FILE}" = 'no' ]; then
+                               echo "use --force-file to override the existing target: ${TARGET}/${FILE}"
+                               continue  # target already exists
+                       fi
                fi
                link_file "${REPO}" "${FILE}" || return 1
        done <<-EOF