From 564fca8c9b3077335a1ea00b1dc803c97429f5b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Octol1ttle <l1ttleofficial@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 20:36:46 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: don't delete base directories when evicting metacache

Signed-off-by: Octol1ttle <l1ttleofficial@outlook.com>
---
 launcher/FileSystem.cpp        | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 launcher/FileSystem.h          |  7 +++++++
 launcher/net/HttpMetaCache.cpp |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/launcher/FileSystem.cpp b/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
index 938ef23e4..ef56e3e65 100644
--- a/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -684,6 +684,32 @@ bool deletePath(QString path)
     return err.value() == 0;
 }
 
+bool deleteContents(const QString& path)
+{
+    const QFileInfo info(path);
+    if (!info.exists()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (!info.isDir()) {
+        qWarning() << "Attempted to delete contents of non-directory path:" << path;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool ret = true;
+
+    for (const auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(StringUtils::toStdString(path))) {
+        std::error_code err;
+
+        fs::remove_all(entry.path(), err);
+        if (err.value() != 0) {
+            qWarning().nospace() << "Could not delete directory entry " << entry.path() << ": " << QString::fromStdString(err.message());
+            ret = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 bool trash(QString path, QString* pathInTrash)
 {
     // FIXME: Figure out trash in Flatpak. Qt seemingly doesn't use the Trash portal
diff --git a/launcher/FileSystem.h b/launcher/FileSystem.h
index f2676b147..6d9b01178 100644
--- a/launcher/FileSystem.h
+++ b/launcher/FileSystem.h
@@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ bool move(const QString& source, const QString& dest);
  */
 bool deletePath(QString path);
 
+/**
+ * Delete a folder's contents recursively but not the folder itself.
+ * @param path The path to the folder.
+ * @return Whether the deletion was completely successful.
+ */
+bool deleteContents(const QString& path);
+
 bool removeFiles(QStringList listFile);
 
 /**
diff --git a/launcher/net/HttpMetaCache.cpp b/launcher/net/HttpMetaCache.cpp
index 6b81bfe0d..5c1e47dfd 100644
--- a/launcher/net/HttpMetaCache.cpp
+++ b/launcher/net/HttpMetaCache.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ auto HttpMetaCache::evictAll() -> bool
         }
         map.entry_list.clear();
         // AND all return codes together so the result is true iff all runs of deletePath() are true
-        ret &= FS::deletePath(map.base_path);
+        ret &= FS::deleteContents(map.base_path);
     }
     return ret;
 }