From 346ad7b89a2eb1fce88ea59caa0209e266ef40b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan <hello@nektro.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 04:05:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] clarify zig.mod init filenotfound error message

---
 src/util/modfile.zig | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/util/modfile.zig b/src/util/modfile.zig
index 62ab2cbc45154cfab8085dba230c1dc89d27c2a6..be643430612a52e7350816c34bd87cb54530a8e7 100644
--- a/src/util/modfile.zig
+++ b/src/util/modfile.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
 
     pub fn init(alloc: *std.mem.Allocator, fpath: []const u8) !Self {
         //
-        const mpath = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(alloc, fpath);
+        const mpath = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(alloc, fpath) catch |e| switch (e) {
+            error.FileNotFound => {
+                u.assert(false, "zig.mod file not found in the current directory, run 'zigmod init' to get started.", .{});
+                unreachable;
+            },
+            else => e,
+        };
         const file = try std.fs.openFileAbsolute(mpath, .{});
         defer file.close();
         const input = try file.reader().readAllAlloc(alloc, mb);
-- 
2.54.0