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authorAndrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com>2017-04-09 20:42:01 -0400
committerAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2017-04-12 11:47:33 +1000
commit04d211effa8d65020887112ee30c7b3b0fc28ad3 (patch)
tree9939b65851a6fc5bb6a0863d286b8da0d4876e74 /doc
parent86f5c74694cb0403eaf11fa4734f307a0df345cb (diff)
add --overwrite option to ignore file conflicts
Allows for safer, more fine-grained control for overwriting files than --force's all-or-nothing approach. Implements FS#31549. Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -270,6 +270,18 @@ Upgrade Options (apply to '-S' and '-U')[[UO]]
*\--needed*::
Do not reinstall the targets that are already up-to-date.
+*\--overwrite* <glob>::
+ Bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files. If the
+ package that is about to be installed contains files that are already
+ installed and match 'glob', this option will cause all those files to be
+ overwritten. Using '\--overwrite' will not allow overwriting a directory
+ with a file or installing packages with conflicting files and directories.
+ Multiple patterns can be specified by separating them with a comma. May be
+ specified multiple times. Patterns can be negated, such that files
+ matching them will not be overwritten, by prefixing them with an
+ exclamation mark. Subsequent matches will override previous ones. A leading
+ literal exclamation mark or backslash needs to be escaped.
+
Query Options (apply to '-Q')[[QO]]
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