From 088ba58af54ae1e58ab23c634628d983cfbe101f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Roman=20Fro=C5=82ow?= Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:17:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: force creating symbolic link if it exists (#12637) --- book/src/building-from-source.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/src/building-from-source.md b/book/src/building-from-source.md index b422f4bf0..e1c0d3122 100644 --- a/book/src/building-from-source.md +++ b/book/src/building-from-source.md @@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ export HELIX_RUNTIME=~/src/helix/runtime Or, create a symbolic link: ```sh -ln -Ts $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime +ln -Tsf $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime ``` -If the above command fails to create a symbolic link because the file exists either move `~/.config/helix/runtime` to a new location or delete it, then run the symlink command above again. - #### Windows Either set the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to the runtime files using the Windows setting (search for