func writeNewSymbolicLink()

in pkg/3p/archiver/archiver.go [74:94]

• 18 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

func writeNewSymbolicLink(fpath string, target string) error {
	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fpath), 0755)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%s: making directory for file: %v", fpath, err)
	}

	_, err = os.Lstat(fpath)
	if err == nil {
		err = os.Remove(fpath)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("%s: failed to unlink: %+v", fpath, err)
		}
	}

	err = os.Symlink(target, fpath)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%s: making symbolic link for: %v", fpath, err)
	}

	return nil
}