fix when you create-amplify absolute path, raised error

.changeset/odd-dolphins-jog.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-amplify': patch
+---
+
+fix: when you do create-amplify absolute path, raised error and log.

packages/create-amplify/src/get_project_root.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import fsp from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { AmplifyPrompter } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 import { getProjectRoot } from './get_project_root.js';
+import { AmplifyError, AmplifyUserError } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
+import util from 'util';
 
 const originalEnv = process.env;
 
@@ -72,6 +74,48 @@ void describe('getProjectRoot', () => {
     assert.equal(projectRoot, path.resolve(userInput));
   });
 
+  void it('prints warning if creation of project root failed and path is absolute', async () => {
+    process.env.npm_config_yes = 'false';
+    const userInput = 'some/absolute/path';
+    mock.method(AmplifyPrompter, 'input', () => Promise.resolve(userInput));
+    const expectedError = new AmplifyUserError('ProjectDirectoryCreateError', {
+      message: `Failed to create project directory`,
+      resolution: `Ensure that ${userInput} is the correct path and you have write permissions to this location.`,
+    });
+    fsMkDirSyncMock.mock.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+      Promise.reject(expectedError)
+    );
+    await assert.rejects(
+      () => getProjectRoot(),
+      (err: Error) => {
+        const sampleStderr = `some random stderr
+before the actual error message
+${util.inspect(err, { depth: null })}
+and some after the error message`;
+
+        const actual = AmplifyError.fromStderr(sampleStderr);
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(actual?.name, expectedError.name);
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(
+          actual?.classification,
+          expectedError.classification
+        );
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(actual?.message, expectedError.message);
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(actual?.details, expectedError.details);
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(actual?.cause?.name, expectedError.cause?.name);
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(
+          actual?.cause?.message,
+          expectedError.cause?.message
+        );
+        return true;
+      }
+    );
+    assert.equal(fsMkDirSyncMock.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(
+      fsMkDirSyncMock.mock.calls[0].arguments[0],
+      path.resolve(userInput)
+    );
+  });
+
   void it('use default options if `yes`', async (ctx) => {
     process.env.npm_config_yes = 'false';
     process.argv = ['node', 'test.js', '--yes'];

packages/create-amplify/src/get_project_root.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 import { AmplifyPrompter, LogLevel } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 import { printer } from './printer.js';
+import { AmplifyUserError } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
 
 /**
  * Returns the project root directory.
@@ -37,7 +38,14 @@ export const getProjectRoot = async () => {
       LogLevel.DEBUG
     );
     printer.log(`Creating directory ${projectRoot}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-    await fsp.mkdir(projectRoot, { recursive: true });
+    try {
+      await fsp.mkdir(projectRoot, { recursive: true });
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new AmplifyUserError('ProjectDirectoryCreateError', {
+        message: `Failed to create project directory`,
+        resolution: `Ensure that ${projectRoot} is the correct path and you have write permissions to this location.`,
+      });
+    }
   }
   return projectRoot;
 };