Updates

Author: forman

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## Version 0.5.2 (in development)
 
-
+* Added configuration setting `force_new`, which forces creation of a new 
+  target dataset. An existing target dataset (and its lock) will be
+  permanently deleted before appending of slice datasets begins. [#72]
 
 ## Version 0.5.1 (2024-02-23)
 

docs/cli.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Options:
                          the previous ones.
   -t, --target TARGET    Target Zarr dataset path or URI. Overrides the
                          'target_dir' configuration field.
-  --force-new            Force creation of a new target dataset.  An existing
+  --force-new            Force creation of a new target dataset. An existing
                          target dataset (and its lock) will be permanently
                          deleted before appending of slice datasets begins.
                          WARNING: the deletion cannot be rolled back.

docs/config.md

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Options for the filesystem given by the protocol of `temp_dir`.
 ## `force_new`
 
 Type _boolean_.
-Force creation of a new target dataset.  An existing target dataset (and its lock) will be permanently deleted before appending of slice datasets begins. WARNING: the deletion cannot be rolled back.
+Force creation of a new target dataset. An existing target dataset (and its lock) will be permanently deleted before appending of slice datasets begins. WARNING: the deletion cannot be rolled back.
 Defaults to `false`.
 
 ## `disable_rollback`

zappend/cli.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "--force-new",
     is_flag=True,
     help=(
-        "Force creation of a new target dataset. "
+        "Force creation of a new target dataset."
         " An existing target dataset (and its lock) will be"
         " permanently deleted before appending of slice datasets"
         " begins. WARNING: the deletion cannot be rolled back."