From a681fda5cdca1c2a8bffad5687e71c9e9cf31c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Kahn <alexanderkahn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:52:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Make symlinking actually work

---
 Rakefile | 42 ++++--------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ca3b293..dd4fd8b 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -6,51 +6,17 @@ desc 'Installs dotfiles from this distribution for the first time'
 task :setup do
 
   files = Dir.glob('*', File::FNM_DOTMATCH)
-  files = files - ['.', '..', '.git', 'Rakefile']
-
-  puts "Linking the following files:"
+  files = files - ['.', '..', '.git', 'Rakefile', '.Rakefile.swp']
   files.map do |file|
-    puts file
     File.expand_path(file)
   end
 
-
   files.each do |from|
+    from = File.expand_path(from)
     to = File.expand_path(File.join('~', File.basename(from)))
 
-    puts " - " + [from, to].join(' -> ')
-    if File.exists?(to)
-      print "   ! Target exists... "
-      if File.symlink? to
-        FileUtils.rm to
-        puts "as a symlink, removed"
-      else
-        print "as a normal file/directory, moving to #{File.basename(to)}~... "
-        toto = to + '~'
-
-        if File.exist? toto
-          print "already exists! r)emove, or s)kip? "
-          order = STDIN.gets.chomp
-
-          case order
-          when 'r'
-            print '   ! Removing... '
-            FileUtils.rm toto
-          when 's'
-            puts '   ! Okay, skipped '
-            next
-          else
-            puts "   ! Invalid entry, so skipping"
-            next
-          end
-        end
-
-        FileUtils.mv to, toto
-        puts "Done!"
-      end
-    end
-
-    FileUtils.symlink(from, to)
+    puts "* Linking #{from} to #{to}."
+    FileUtils.ln_sf(from, to)
   end
 end