@@ -49,11 +49,24 @@ linkify_tree() {

   cd "$1"

   find . -type f | {

     while read -r fn; do

+      target="$(file_to_hashed_dir "$fn")"

       if ! [[ -L "$fn" ]]; then

-        target="$(file_to_hashed_dir "$fn")"

-        cp "$fn" "$target"

-        rm "$fn"

-        ln -sv "$target" "$fn"

+        if ! [[ -f "$target" ]]; then

+          if [[ -e "$target" ]]; then

+            echo $target is not a normal file

+            ls -l "$target"

+            exit 1

+          fi

+          mv "$fn" "$target"

+        else

+          mv "$fn" "$fn".old

+        fi

+        ln -v "$target" "$fn"

+        if [[ -f "$fn".old ]]; then

+          rm "$fn".old

+        fi

+      else

+        touch $target

       fi

       echo

     done