From: Gustavo Franco <gustavorfranco@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:20:43 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: cmd/go: add helpful error message when vcs is not found.
X-Git-Tag: go1.1rc2~1262
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=56517aed959d2f73e7d76e80c79c5cbc87e4bd54;p=gostls13.git

cmd/go: add helpful error message when vcs is not found.
Fixes #4652.

R=bradfitz, minux.ma, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7094049
---

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/vcs.go b/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
index 437e6400bb..8042935b9d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ func (v *vcsCmd) run1(dir string, cmdline string, keyval []string, verbose bool)
 		args[i] = expand(m, arg)
 	}
 
+	_, err := exec.LookPath(v.cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr,
+			"go: missing %s command. See http://golang.org/s/gogetcmd\n",
+			v.name)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	cmd := exec.Command(v.cmd, args...)
 	cmd.Dir = dir
 	if buildX {
@@ -189,7 +197,7 @@ func (v *vcsCmd) run1(dir string, cmdline string, keyval []string, verbose bool)
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stdout = &buf
 	cmd.Stderr = &buf
-	err := cmd.Run()
+	err = cmd.Run()
 	out := buf.Bytes()
 	if err != nil {
 		if verbose || buildV {