"overwrite" option deletes previous files instead of unlinking

[gruntjs]

"overwrite" option deletes previous files instead of unlinking

[schnittstabil]

Mhm, grunt-contrib-symlink calls grunt.file.delete, which in turn calls rimraf.sync, which in turn calls fs.unlinkSync.

Sorry, but therefore I don't understand what you expect. How does unlink differ from rm, respectively about what undesirable behavior do you think of?

[EvHaus]

unlink removes the symlink to the original files, where as rm actually removes the original files themselves.

[schnittstabil]

I see. Unlinking the link, instead of unlinking the linked.
Sorry, but I can't reproduce that behaviour you described, see my simple test.
Maybe it is already solved?

[CTaylor1118]

I am seeing this behavior when I have sources set like ['**/*'] and overwrite set to true.