From c937458d80de6cb964a26e94af51f89e0c83344a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mk-pmb <mk-pmb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 09:18:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [doc] Explain that the opposite of --no-overwrites is
--no-continue.
---
README.md | 7 +++++--
youtube_dl/options.py | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47e686f84..b159f9cc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -255,12 +255,15 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo
--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII
characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
filenames
- -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files
+ -w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files. (For the
+ opposite, see --no-continue.)
-c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded
files. By default, youtube-dl will
resume downloads if possible.
--no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded
- files (restart from beginning)
+ files: Instead, restart from the
+ beginning and ruthlessly overwrite
+ existing files.
--no-part Do not use .part files - write directly
into output file
--no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 434f520d3..3807f030e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
filesystem.add_option(
'-w', '--no-overwrites',
action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', default=False,
- help='Do not overwrite files')
+ help='Do not overwrite files. (For the opposite, see --no-continue.)')
filesystem.add_option(
'-c', '--continue',
action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-continue',
action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
- help='Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
+ help='Do not resume partially downloaded files: Instead, restart from the beginning and ruthlessly overwrite existing files.')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-part',
action='store_true', dest='nopart', default=False,