Add --force option to Configure.pl to force configuration even

if in a .git repository.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Configure.pl b/Configure.pl
index 2814888..a7db473 100644
--- a/Configure.pl
+++ b/Configure.pl
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ my $lang = 'Rakudo';
 my $lclang = lc $lang;
 my $uclang = uc $lang;
 
-if (-d '.git') {
-    sorry("I see a .git directory here -- you appear to be trying",
-          "to run Configure.pl from a clone of the Rakudo Star git",
-          "repository.",
-          "",
-          download_text());
-}
-
 MAIN: {
     if (-r "config.default") {
         unshift @ARGV, shellwords(slurp('config.default'));
@@ -40,6 +32,7 @@ MAIN: {
                'with-nqp=s', 'gen-nqp:s',
                'with-parrot=s', 'gen-parrot:s', 'parrot-option=s@',
                'make-install!', 'makefile-timing!',
+               'force!'
                );
 
     # Print help if it's requested
@@ -48,6 +41,16 @@ MAIN: {
         exit(0);
     }
 
+    if (-d '.git') {
+        worry( $options{'force'},
+               "I see a .git directory here -- you appear to be trying",
+              "to run Configure.pl from a clone of the Rakudo Star git",
+              "repository.",
+              $options{'force'} 
+                ? '--force specified, continuing'
+                : download_text()
+        );
+    }
 
     my $prefix      = $options{'prefix'} || cwd().'/install';
     my $with_parrot = $options{'with-parrot'};
@@ -190,6 +193,12 @@ sub download_text {
      "download a .tar.gz file from https://github.com/rakudo/star/downloads .")
 }
 
+sub worry {
+    my ($force, @text) = @_;
+    sorry(@text) unless $force;
+    print join "\n", @text, '';
+}
+
 # Local Variables:
 #   mode: cperl
 #   cperl-indent-level: 4