Heroku 7.0.45 starts up with a node error

[mistydemeo]

After upgrading my Heroku install via brew upgrade, I'm getting this error on startup:

$ /usr/local/bin/heroku

module.js:557
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/mistydemeo/.local/share/heroku/client/package.json'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:555:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:482:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:604:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at run (/Users/mistydemeo/.local/share/heroku/client/node_modules/@cli-engine/engine/lib/cli.js:82:22)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/mistydemeo/.local/share/heroku/client/bin/heroku.js:7:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:660:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:671:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:573:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:513:12)

I do have a /Users/mistydemeo/.local/share/heroku/client directory, and it does not have a package.json.

[jdx]

you've got some older code that's causing problems. Try deleting ~/.local/share/heroku/client and it should be resolved.

[mistydemeo]

That fixed it! It reinstalled its plugins, and now it works.

Is this something it could try to do on its own?

[jdx]

I've tried but homebrew is sandboxed (using a chroot jail or something) and there is no way for it to automatically remove that directory as far as I can tell.