From e8c8fd9b84ed48eb8d028f33d790c4f753f94326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: native-api <vano@mail.mipt.ru>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 23:30:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix errorneously creating a symlink inside env directory if
 running with -f (#496)

---
 bin/pyenv-virtualenv | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/pyenv-virtualenv b/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
index a2a772c..16bb6c6 100755
--- a/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
+++ b/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
@@ -631,7 +631,8 @@ fi
 
 ## Create symlink in the `versions` directory for backward compatibility
 if [ -d "${VIRTUALENV_PATH}" ] && [ -n "${COMPAT_VIRTUALENV_PATH}" ]; then
-  ln -fs "${VIRTUALENV_PATH}" "${COMPAT_VIRTUALENV_PATH}"
+  # Overwrite an existing link, can happen if running with -f
+  ln -fsn "${VIRTUALENV_PATH}" "${COMPAT_VIRTUALENV_PATH}"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "${VIRTUALENV_PATH}/bin/pydoc" ]; then