From 095ba2b5b6cacb4599e928831d055e5aa600b454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zinc <zinc@downsta.ir>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:48:07 +0000
Subject: parity: clear links from earlier runs so a program's writes never
 reach the tree

---
 src/tools/parity.sh | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/tools/parity.sh b/src/tools/parity.sh
index 2739a85..00245a8 100755
--- a/src/tools/parity.sh
+++ b/src/tools/parity.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ rebase() {
 }
 
 mkdir -p "$W/root"
+# links left by an earlier run go first: a link to a file a program wrote into the tree once
+# (bareio's note) would otherwise lead the next write back into the repository
+find "$W/root" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type l -delete
 for f in *; do [ "$f" = build ] || ln -sfn "$root/$f" "$W/root/$f"; done
 compared=0; differ=0; known=0; skipped=0; timedout=0; broken=0
 skips=""
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