Only replace existing dotfiles on remove operation

It is possible that the dotifle is removed from the repository before
the remove is issued.  In this case only the symlink is removed.

Fixes #25

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dotfiles/core.py b/dotfiles/core.py
index 14ef8e0..3212939 100644
--- a/dotfiles/core.py
+++ b/dotfiles/core.py
@@ -92,11 +92,17 @@ class Dotfile(object):
         self._symlink(self.target, self.name)
 
     def remove(self):
+
         if self.status != '':
             print("Skipping \"%s\", file is %s" % (self.basename, self.status))
             return
+
+        # remove the existing symlink
         self._remove(self.name)
-        self._move(self.target, self.name)
+
+        # return dotfile to its original location
+        if os.path.exists(self.target):
+            self._move(self.target, self.name)
 
     def __str__(self):
         user_home = os.environ['HOME']