From f9550ee71d928971b83dd31ca145c9bd48e2e614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:51:52 +0200
Subject: Relax bdep-new no-readme sub-option to allow existing README

---
 bdep/new.cli | 2 +-
 bdep/new.cxx | 7 -------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bdep/new.cli b/bdep/new.cli
index fa003c2..5483d81 100644
--- a/bdep/new.cli
+++ b/bdep/new.cli
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ namespace bdep
 
      \li|\n\ \ \ \cb{no-readme}
 
-         Don't add \cb{README.md}.|
+         Don't add new \cb{README.md} (but still check for the existing).|
 
      \li|\n\ \ \ \cb{alt-naming}
 
diff --git a/bdep/new.cxx b/bdep/new.cxx
index 6cfc093..c49218d 100644
--- a/bdep/new.cxx
+++ b/bdep/new.cxx
@@ -1466,13 +1466,6 @@ cmd_new (cmd_new_options&& o, cli::group_scanner& args)
           info << "requested: " << vc;
     }
 
-    if (readme_f)
-    {
-      if (!readme)
-        fail << "--type|-t,no-readme sub-option specified but README "
-             << "already exists";
-    }
-
     if (license_e)
     {
       if (!license_o)
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