[PATCH v5 5/6] patman: fail early in Setup when provided config file does not exist

Maxim Cournoyer
2022-12-20T05:39:59Z

Rationale: if the user explicitly provide this argument, they probably
intend for it to be used.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@savoirfairelinux.com>
---

(no changes since v1)

tools/patman/settings.py | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/patman/settings.py b/tools/patman/settings.py
index 8b846799df..c05efd2475 100644
--- a/tools/patman/settings.py
+++ b/tools/patman/settings.py
@@ -340,12 +340,16 @@ def Setup(parser, project_name, config_fname=None):
parser: The parser to update.
project_name: Name of project that we're working on; we'll look
for sections named "project_section" as well.
- config_fname: Config filename to read.
+ config_fname: Config filename to read. An error is raised if it
+ does not exist.
"""
# First read the git alias file if available
_ReadAliasFile('doc/git-mailrc')
config = _ProjectConfigParser(project_name)

+ if config_fname and not os.path.exists(config_fname):
+ raise Exception(f'provided {config_fname} does not exist')
+
if not config_fname:
config_fname = '%s/.patman' % os.getenv('HOME')

--
2.38.1