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 +4,7 @@ import fsp from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { AmplifyPrompter } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 import { getProjectRoot } from './get_project_root.js';
+import { AmplifyUserError } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
 
 const originalEnv = process.env;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,28 @@ 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 ${path.resolve(
+        userInput
+      )} is the correct path and you have write permissions to this location.`,
+    });
+    fsMkDirSyncMock.mock.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+      Promise.reject(expectedError)
+    );
+
+    await assert.rejects(getProjectRoot, expectedError);
+    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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fsp from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
+import { AmplifyUserError } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
 import { AmplifyPrompter, LogLevel, printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 
 /**
@@ -36,7 +37,14 @@ 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;
 };