node: Make sure we _really_ only add new keys to the top level

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/install/node.js b/lib/install/node.js
index 305f705ef..b1b01fa8b 100644
--- a/lib/install/node.js
+++ b/lib/install/node.js
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ function isLink (node) {
   return node && node.isLink
 }
 
-var create = exports.create = function (node, template) {
+var create = exports.create = function (node, template, isNotTop) {
   if (!template) template = defaultTemplate
   Object.keys(template).forEach(function (key) {
     if (template[key] != null && typeof template[key] === 'object' && !(template[key] instanceof Array)) {
       if (!node[key]) node[key] = {}
-      return create(node[key], template[key])
+      return create(node[key], template[key], true)
     }
     if (node[key] != null) return
     node[key] = template[key]
   })
-  if (node.package) {
+  if (!isNotTop) {
     // isLink is true for the symlink and everything inside it.
     // by contrast, isInLink is true for only the things inside a link
     if (node.isLink == null && isLink(node.parent)) {