From 72fdfde6043149054e8c36a0ffc96280021abac1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David John <github@vaunt.eu>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:26:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Filecmp for not deleting, see issue #133

---
 plugins/link.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugins/link.py b/plugins/link.py
index 4b50320..18ec7cf 100644
--- a/plugins/link.py
+++ b/plugins/link.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import dotbot
+import filecmp
 
 
 class Link(dotbot.Plugin):
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ class Link(dotbot.Plugin):
         fullpath = os.path.expanduser(path)
         if relative:
             source = self._relative_path(source, fullpath)
+        if filecmp.cmp(source, fullpath)
+            self._log_lowinfo('Not changing unchanged file %s' %  path)
+            return success
         if ((self._is_link(path) and self._link_destination(path) != source) or
                 (self._exists(path) and not self._is_link(path))):
             removed = False