From 60aec0ee9f5ce41888e260f91e15fd459c40c875 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CrendKing <975235+CrendKing@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:00:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug that empty log directories are created on any command
 with --help argument (#753)

---
 internal/logfile/logfile.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/logfile/logfile.go b/internal/logfile/logfile.go
index 95605bb84..b37b10a12 100644
--- a/internal/logfile/logfile.go
+++ b/internal/logfile/logfile.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
 
 // Initialize is invoked as part of command execution to create log file just before it's needed.
 func Initialize(ctx *kingpin.ParseContext) error {
+	if *logDir == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	now := clock.Now()
 
 	suffix := "unknown"