From 5ac3d9aee092a1d061d1635a117feaefd4464333 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark <markbaumeister26@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 00:34:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow index symlinks to change

---
 src/apply_indexchanges.rs | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/apply_indexchanges.rs b/src/apply_indexchanges.rs
index eb49c60..af724fe 100755
--- a/src/apply_indexchanges.rs
+++ b/src/apply_indexchanges.rs
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ pub fn apply_indexchanges_int(
                         if let Err(e) = std::env::set_current_dir(&p) {
                             eprintln!("\n[warn] couldn't cd to {p:?}: {e}");
                         } else {
-                            if let Err(e) = std::os::unix::fs::symlink(
-                                link_target,
-                                index_file
-                                    .file_name()
-                                    .expect("a file should always have a filename"),
-                            ) {
+                            let index_file_name = index_file
+                                .file_name()
+                                .expect("a file should always have a filename");
+                            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&index_file_name);
+                            if let Err(e) = std::os::unix::fs::symlink(link_target, index_file_name)
+                            {
                                 eprintln!(
                                     "\n[warn] couldn't set index file {index_file:?} to be a symlink to {link_target:?}: {e}"
                                 );