From b097d7a455b8777ce635d018b793ead651a1ec39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kilian Lieret <kilian.lieret@posteo.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:10:57 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] More helpful message if --repo_path doesn't exist (#764)

Closes #763
Also see #761
---
 sweagent/environment/utils.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sweagent/environment/utils.py b/sweagent/environment/utils.py
index bea2656c1..5a64d4827 100644
--- a/sweagent/environment/utils.py
+++ b/sweagent/environment/utils.py
@@ -677,6 +677,9 @@ def postproc_instance_list(instances):
         raise ValueError(msg)
 
     if repo_path:
+        if not Path(repo_path).exists():
+            msg = f"Specified repository path {repo_path} does not exist"
+            raise FileNotFoundError(msg)
         msg = "repo_path must be empty if running over multiple problem statements"
         raise ValueError(msg)