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docs: update for v2
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### Example

```javascript
// todo
const binLinks = require('bin-links')
const readPackageJson = require('read-package-json-fast')
binLinks({
path: '/path/to/node_modules/some-package',
pkg: readPackageJson('/path/to/node_modules/some-package/package.json'),

// true if it's a global install, false for local. default: false
global: true,

// true if it's the top level package being installed, false otherwise
top: true,

// true if you'd like to recklessly overwrite files.
force: true,
})
```

### Features

* Links bin files listed under the `bin` property of pkg to the node_modules/.bin
directory of the installing environment.
* Links man files listed under the `man` property of pkg to the share/man directory
of the provided optional directory prefix.
* Links bin files listed under the `bin` property of pkg to the
`node_modules/.bin` directory of the installing environment. (Or
`${prefix}/bin` for top level global packages on unix, and `${prefix}`
for top level global packages on Windows.)
* Links man files listed under the `man` property of pkg to the share/man
directory. (This is only done for top-level global packages on Unix
systems.)

### Contributing

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### API

#### <a name="binLinks"></a> `> binLinks(pkg, folder, global, opts)`
#### <a name="binLinks"></a> `> binLinks({path, pkg, force, global, top})`

Returns a Promise that resolves when the requisite things have been linked.

##### Example

```javascript
binLinks(pkg, folder, global, opts).then(() => console.log('bins linked!'))
binLinks({path, pkg, force, global, top}).then(() => console.log('bins linked!'))
```

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