install: add comment explaining why we're creating these files.

2019-09-18 09:43:29 +01:00 · 2019-09-18 09:43:29 +01:00 · 704ea4b4bb
commit 704ea4b4bb
parent 8d6ac3869c
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/Library/Homebrew/install.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/install.rb
@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ module Homebrew
        begin
          FileUtils.mkdir_p(dir) unless dir.exist?

+          # Create these files to ensure that these directories aren't removed
+          # by the Catalina installer.
+          # (https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/6263)
          keep_file = dir/".keepme"
          FileUtils.touch(keep_file) unless keep_file.exist?
        rescue