From fa7e52dbdaedc1a5c9f19fe9a231b021b4585dbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Evangelatov <anton.evangelatov@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:56:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] add explicit error msg if repo dir does not exist

---
 cli/util/api.go | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cli/util/api.go b/cli/util/api.go
index 37df41a87..207283fd1 100644
--- a/cli/util/api.go
+++ b/cli/util/api.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cliutil
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -142,6 +143,15 @@ func GetAPIInfo(ctx *cli.Context, t repo.RepoType) (APIInfo, error) {
 			return APIInfo{}, xerrors.Errorf("could not open repo at path: %s; %w", p, err)
 		}
 
+		exists, err := r.Exists()
+		if err != nil {
+			return APIInfo{}, xerrors.Errorf("repo.Exists returned an error: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if !exists {
+			return APIInfo{}, errors.New("repo directory does not exist. Make sure your configuration is correct")
+		}
+
 		ma, err := r.APIEndpoint()
 		if err != nil {
 			return APIInfo{}, xerrors.Errorf("could not get api endpoint: %w", err)