From 97b1995de0d87441879d22efd1bc6464f5025091 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NotAFreak <notafreak@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 10:19:33 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allow optionally overwriting to an ini file

---
 ini/ini.h | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ini/ini.h b/ini/ini.h
index e3ccdaf..2c353b1 100644
--- a/ini/ini.h
+++ b/ini/ini.h
@@ -598,13 +598,18 @@ class INIWriter {
      * @brief Write the contents of an INI file to a new file
      * @param filepath The path of the output file
      * @param reader The INIReader object to write to the file
+     * @param overwrite Whether to just overwrite an existing file
      * @throws std::runtime_error if the output file already exists or cannot be
      * opened
      */
-    inline static void write(const std::string& filepath,
-                             const INIReader& reader) {
-        if (struct stat buf; stat(filepath.c_str(), &buf) == 0) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("file: " + filepath + " already exist.");
+    inline static void write(const std::string& filepath, const INIReader& reader,
+                             const bool& overwrite = false) {
+        if (overwrite) {
+            std::remove(filepath.c_str());
+        } else {
+            if (struct stat buf; stat(filepath.c_str(), &buf) == 0) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("file: " + filepath + " already exists.");
+            }
         }
         std::ofstream out;
         out.open(filepath);

From fa0a51506e36857579f1f4e5db7b663b3bc98848 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NotAFreak <notafreak@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 17:15:12 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixed for linting

---
 ini/ini.h | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ini/ini.h b/ini/ini.h
index 2c353b1..3fbafc9 100644
--- a/ini/ini.h
+++ b/ini/ini.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ inline int ini_parse(const char* filename, ini_handler handler, void* user) {
 class INIReader {
    public:
     // Empty Constructor
-    INIReader(){};
+    INIReader() {};
 
     // Construct INIReader and parse given filename. See ini.h for more info
     // about the parsing.
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ inline int INIReader::ValueHandler(void* user, const char* section,
 
 class INIWriter {
    public:
-    INIWriter(){};
+    INIWriter() {};
     /**
      * @brief Write the contents of an INI file to a new file
      * @param filepath The path of the output file
@@ -602,13 +602,15 @@ class INIWriter {
      * @throws std::runtime_error if the output file already exists or cannot be
      * opened
      */
-    inline static void write(const std::string& filepath, const INIReader& reader,
+    inline static void write(const std::string& filepath,
+                             const INIReader& reader,
                              const bool& overwrite = false) {
         if (overwrite) {
             std::remove(filepath.c_str());
         } else {
             if (struct stat buf; stat(filepath.c_str(), &buf) == 0) {
-                throw std::runtime_error("file: " + filepath + " already exists.");
+                throw std::runtime_error("file: " + filepath +
+                                         " already exists.");
             }
         }
         std::ofstream out;