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The documentation for Path.symlink_to() [1] does not mention what happens when the source already exists, e.g.:
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> Path("source").symlink_to("target1")
>>> Path("source").symlink_to("target2")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-2>", line 1, in <module>
Path("source").symlink_to("target2")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 789, in symlink_to
os.symlink(target, self, target_is_directory)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'target2' -> 'source'
(The same applies to os.symlink [2] by the way)
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