diff --git a/Cellar/homebrew/brewkit.rb b/Cellar/homebrew/brewkit.rb
index defdb02f05..ae6879e730 100644
--- a/Cellar/homebrew/brewkit.rb
+++ b/Cellar/homebrew/brewkit.rb
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ public
         tmp=`mktemp -dt #{File.basename @url}`.strip
         Dir.chdir tmp do
           Dir.chdir uncompress(tgz) do
-            prefix.mkpath
             yield self
             if caveats
               ohai "Caveats"
@@ -185,6 +184,14 @@ public
 
       ohai 'Finishing up'
 
+      begin
+        prefix
+      rescue RuntimeError
+        # you can have packages that aren't for installing, see git
+        # this is a HACK though, and dirty, and not right
+        return
+      end
+
       prefix.find do |path|
         if path==prefix #rubysucks
           next