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Clarify --clobber flag deletes assets before re-uploading

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Update the help text and flag description for `gh release upload --clobber`
to make it clear that existing assets are deleted before new ones are uploaded,
and that original assets will be lost if the upload fails.

Fixes #8822

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Kynan Ware 2026-02-17 18:11:57 -07:00
parent 027adc7bf5
commit 8ed2fc913c
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pkg/cmd/release/upload/upload.go
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@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ func NewCmdUpload(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*UploadOptions) error) *cobra.Co
To define a display label for an asset, append text starting with %[1]s#%[1]s after the
file name.
When using %[1]s--clobber%[1]s, existing assets are deleted before new assets are uploaded.
If the upload fails, the original assets will be lost.
`, "`"),
Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(2),
RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ func NewCmdUpload(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*UploadOptions) error) *cobra.Co
},
}
cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.OverwriteExisting, "clobber", false, "Overwrite existing assets of the same name")
cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.OverwriteExisting, "clobber", false, "Delete and re-upload existing assets of the same name")
return cmd
}