diff --git a/src/nativeMain/kotlin/gitversion/Pipeline.kt b/src/nativeMain/kotlin/gitversion/Pipeline.kt
index f9b15e8..bfc13c3 100644
--- a/src/nativeMain/kotlin/gitversion/Pipeline.kt
+++ b/src/nativeMain/kotlin/gitversion/Pipeline.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package gitversion
 
 import me.archinamon.fileio.File
 import me.archinamon.fileio.appendText
+import me.archinamon.fileio.writeText
 
 object Pipeline {
     val modifiers = listOf(
@@ -47,7 +48,14 @@ object Pipeline {
     )
 
     private fun writeLinesToFile(file: String, lines: Collection<String>) {
-        File(file).appendText(lines.joinToString(separator = "\n", postfix = "\n"))
+        val content = lines.joinToString(separator = "\n", postfix = "\n")
+
+        File(file).apply {
+            when {
+                exists() -> appendText(content)
+                else -> writeText(content)
+            }
+        }
     }