From 09fc06daab280735dd2ec94276f00a9c5bffd9b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:25:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nix flake init: Use git add --force

---
 src/nix/flake.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nix/flake.cc b/src/nix/flake.cc
index 133e6c7e0..17df29fdb 100644
--- a/src/nix/flake.cc
+++ b/src/nix/flake.cc
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ struct CmdFlakeInitCommon : virtual Args, EvalCommand
         copyDir(templateDir, flakeDir);
 
         if (pathExists(flakeDir + "/.git")) {
-            Strings args = { "-C", flakeDir, "add", "--intent-to-add", "--" };
+            Strings args = { "-C", flakeDir, "add", "--intent-to-add", "--force", "--" };
             for (auto & s : files) args.push_back(s);
             runProgram("git", true, args);
         }