From a2da2e51f400a68736a4a5c7978d619c5c1133bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Lambert <john_lambert@sil.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:15:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] LT-22801: Retain patch MSIs on request

Allow the patch workflow to inspect the generated Master and Update MSIs before its component ledger check.
---
 CreateUpdatePatch/buildPatch.bat | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CreateUpdatePatch/buildPatch.bat b/CreateUpdatePatch/buildPatch.bat
index 91ad681..7ce6c4e 100644
--- a/CreateUpdatePatch/buildPatch.bat
+++ b/CreateUpdatePatch/buildPatch.bat
@@ -94,12 +94,14 @@ if not %errorlevel% == 0 set PATH=%WIX%/bin;%PATH%
 	DEL *.wixpdb
 	DEL *.wixmst
 	DEL *.wixmsp
-	DEL .\Master\*.msi
+	if /I not "%KEEP_INTERMEDIATE_MSI%"=="true" (
+		DEL .\Master\*.msi
+		DEL .\Update\*.msi
+	)
 	DEL .\Master\*.wixobj
 	DEL .\Master\*.wixpdb
 	DEL .\Master\AppHarvest.wxs
 	DEL .\Master\DataHarvest.wxs
-	DEL .\Update\*.msi
 	DEL .\Update\*.wixobj
 	DEL .\Update\*.wixpdb
 	DEL .\Update\AppHarvest.wxs