From e5658bc05acc768fac1723c8d455f20910237f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Smiley <keithbsmiley@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 13:02:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove compile_commands.json before writing it

This fix existing as a symlink to a cmake directory seems like a pretty
common use case, and the error when it fails to write is pretty
inscrutable.

Fixes https://github.com/hedronvision/bazel-compile-commands-extractor/issues/105
---
 refresh.template.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/refresh.template.py b/refresh.template.py
index 3b33701..3b43db4 100644
--- a/refresh.template.py
+++ b/refresh.template.py
@@ -1414,6 +1414,11 @@ def main():
     There should be actionable warnings, above, that led to this.""")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    try:
+        os.remove('compile_commands.json')
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
     # Chain output into compile_commands.json
     with open('compile_commands.json', 'w') as output_file:
         json.dump(