added the '--ignore' and '--force' options

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Jan  9 02:20:15 2002  Gaël Roualland  <gael.roualland@iname.com>
+
+    * stow.in: added the '--ignore' and '--force' options.
+    * stow.texi,stow.8: documented '--ignore' and '--force'.
+    * TODO: removed reference to '--ignore' like feature.
+		
 Tue Jan 08 23:00:29 2002  Guillaume Morin  <gmorin@gnu.org>
 
     * stow.in: added the '--subdir' option.

TODO

@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 
 * Fix empty-dir problem (see "Known bugs" in the manual)
 
-* Continue after conflicts.
-
-When detecting a conflict, affected subparts of the Stow traversal can
-be skipped while continuing with other subparts.
-
 * Traverse links in the target tree?
 
 From e-mail with meyering@na-net.ornl.gov:

stow.8

@@ -181,6 +181,20 @@ option implies `-n', and is used to search for all conflicts that
 might arise from an actual Stow operation. As with `-n', however,
 false conflicts might be reported (see ``Conflicts'' in the info manual).
 .TP
+.I -i
+.TP
+.I --ignore
+Do not exit immediatly when a conflict is encountered, but continue
+processing the package.
+.TP
+.I -f
+.TP
+.I --force
+Try to override conflicts by removing conflicting links.  This will
+only remove links to other packages in the stow directory.  Other
+links or files will not be removed (it will be similar to `-i' in
+that case).
+.TP
 .I "-d DIR"
 .TP
 .I --dir=DIR

stow.in

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ $ReportHelp = 0;
 $Stow = undef;
 $Target = undef;
 $Restow = 0;
+$Force = 0;
 @Subdirs = ();
 
 
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ while (@ARGV && ($_ = $ARGV[0]) && /^-/) {
     } elsif ($opt =~ /^c(o(n(f(l(i(c(ts?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?$/i) {
       $Conflicts = 1;
       $NotReally = 1;
+    } elsif ($opt =~ /^i(g(n(o(r(e?)?)?)?)?)$/i) {
+      $Conflicts = 1;
+    } elsif ($opt =~ /^f(o(r(c(e?)?)?)?)$/i) {
+      $Force = 1;
+      $Conflicts = 1;
     } elsif ($opt =~ /^dir?/i) {
       $remainder = $';
       if ($remainder =~ /^=/) {
@@ -103,6 +109,11 @@ while (@ARGV && ($_ = $ARGV[0]) && /^-/) {
       } elsif ($_ eq 'c') {
 	$Conflicts = 1;
 	$NotReally = 1;
+      } elsif ($_ eq 'i') {
+	$Conflicts = 1;
+      } elsif ($_ eq 'f') {
+	$Force = 1;
+	$Conflicts = 1;
       } elsif ($_ eq 'd') {
 	$Stow = (join('', @opts) || shift);
 	@opts = ();
@@ -434,23 +445,27 @@ sub StowNondir {
 		     $linktarget))
       || (&Conflict($file, $subfile), return);
     if (-e &JoinPaths($Stow, $stowsubfile)) {
-      (&Conflict($file, $subfile), return)
-	unless ($stowsubfile eq $file);
+      if ($stowsubfile eq $file) {
 	warn sprintf("%s already points to %s\n",
 		     &JoinPaths($Target, $subfile),
 		     &JoinPaths($Stow, $file))
 	    if ($Verbose > 2);
+	return;
       } else {
-      &DoUnlink(&JoinPaths($Target, $subfile));
-      &DoLink(&JoinPaths($stow, $file),
-	      &JoinPaths($Target, $subfile));
+	&Conflict($file, $subfile);
+	return unless $Force;
+	warn "OVERRIDING link to ". &JoinPaths($Stow, $stowsubfile) . "\n"
+	    if $Verbose;
       }
+    }
+    &DoUnlink(&JoinPaths($Target, $subfile));
   } elsif (-e &JoinPaths($Target, $subfile)) {
     &Conflict($file, $subfile);
-  } else {
+    return;
+  }
+
   &DoLink(&JoinPaths($stow, $file),
 	  &JoinPaths($Target, $subfile));
-  }
 }
 
 sub DoUnlink {
@@ -544,6 +559,8 @@ sub usage {
   print <<EOT;
   -n, --no              Do not actually make changes
   -c, --conflicts       Scan for conflicts, implies -n
+  -i, --ignore          Ignore conflicts.
+  -f, --force           Try to override conflicts.
   -d DIR, --dir=DIR     Set stow dir to DIR (default is current dir)
   -t DIR, --target=DIR  Set target to DIR (default is parent of stow dir)
   -s DIR:DIR,

stow.texi

@@ -241,6 +241,18 @@ implies @samp{-n}, and is used to search for all conflicts that might
 arise from an actual Stow operation.  As with @samp{-n}, however,
 false conflicts might be reported (@pxref{Conflicts}).
 
+@item -i
+@itemx --ignore
+Do not exit immediatly when a conflict is encountered, but continue
+processing the package.
+
+@item -f
+@itemx --force
+Try to override conflicts by removing conflicting links.  This will
+only remove links to other packages in the stow directory.  Other
+links or files will not be removed (it will be similar to @samp{-i} in
+that case).
+
 @item -d @var{dir}
 @itemx --dir=@var{dir}
 Set the stow directory to @var{dir} instead of the current directory.
@@ -697,8 +709,8 @@ where Stow needs it to, then no conflict has occurred.  (Thus it
 is harmless to install a package that has already been installed.)
 
 A conflict causes Stow to exit immediately and print a warning
-(unless @samp{-c} is given), even if that means aborting an installation
-in mid-package.
+(unless @samp{-c}, @samp{-i} or @samp{-f} are given), even if that means
+aborting an installation in mid-package.
 
 @cindex false conflict
 When running Stow with the @samp{-n} or @samp{-c} options, no actual