brew install --HEAD watchman
==> Cloning https://github.com/facebook/watchman.git
Updating /Library/Caches/Homebrew/watchman--git
==> Checking out branch master
==> ./autogen.sh
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/watchman/HEAD --with-pcre
==> make
==> make install
install: chmod 777 /: Operation not permitted
touch //.not-empty
touch: //.not-empty: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install-exec-local] Error 1
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
couldn't understand kern.osversion `14.5.0'
READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting
It is trying to chmod 777 /
which is not good. Why is it trying to do that? Feels like that shouldn't be allowed. I tried to uninstall watchman and reinstall with this command to get a react-native to start working.
Followed steps here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/239
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/troubleshooting.html
Ok fixed it
You can install watchman without the --HEAD option (the currently tracked version of watchman is old enough to not have the issue specified). So just do a brew install watchman.
If you then get issues with your react project make sure that your project directory is a git repo (run git init if not) see: