From 895673733a5712ee4b69c84195a1d717a72fc032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Speicher <rspeicher@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 22:15:20 +0000
Subject: Add a `--force` option to bin/changelog

---
 bin/changelog | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'bin/changelog')

diff --git a/bin/changelog b/bin/changelog
index a0d1ad2d730..2cd337af778 100755
--- a/bin/changelog
+++ b/bin/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Options = Struct.new(
   :amend,
   :author,
   :dry_run,
+  :force,
   :merge_request,
   :title
 )
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ class ChangelogOptionParser
         options.amend = value
       end
 
+      opts.on('-f', '--force', 'Overwrite an existing entry') do |value|
+        options.force = value
+      end
+
       opts.on('-m', '--merge-request [integer]', Integer, 'Merge Request ID') do |value|
         options.merge_request = value
       end
@@ -111,8 +116,9 @@ class ChangelogEntry
 
   def assert_new_file!
     return unless File.exist?(file_path)
+    return if options.force
 
-    fail_with "#{file_path} already exists!"
+    fail_with "#{file_path} already exists! Use `--force` to overwrite."
   end
 
   def assert_title!
-- 
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