list tasks in subdir causes exception

[michikuehne]

Hi,

If executing "pyb -t" or "pyb --list-tasks" in a subdir from the dir, where the build.py is located, causes the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pyb", line 25, in <module>
    sys.exit(pybuilder.cli.main(*sys.argv[1:]))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybuilder/cli.py", line 326, in main
    project_directory=options.project_directory)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybuilder/reactor.py", line 102, in prepare_build
    project_directory, project_descriptor)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybuilder/reactor.py", line 294, in verify_project_directory
    project_descriptor_full_path)
pybuilder.errors.PyBuilderException: Project directory does not contain descriptor file: /Users/michi/git/immobilienscout24/afp-cli/src/build.py

I excepted the task list or a helpful error message.

Best,
Michael

[esc]

pyb only works in the top-level directory at the moment.

[arcivanov]

@michikuehne, @esc is correct, not a bug

[mriehl]

On a side note, the exception handling could be a bit better - if you just run pyb we show a helpful error message:

2015-10-29 14:13:01 (venv) mriehl@isdeblnnl084 /tmp 
» pyb
PyBuilder version 0.11.3.dev20151027182948
Build started at 2015-10-29 14:13:02
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
BUILD FAILED - Project directory does not contain descriptor file: /tmp/build.py
------------------------------------------------------------
Build finished at 2015-10-29 14:13:02
Build took 0 seconds (0 ms)

but if you run pyb -t we show a stack trace (which is not user friendly):

» pyb -t
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/venv/bin/pyb", line 25, in <module>
    sys.exit(pybuilder.cli.main(*sys.argv[1:]))
  File "/tmp/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybuilder/cli.py", line 326, in main
    project_directory=options.project_directory)
  File "/tmp/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybuilder/reactor.py", line 102, in prepare_build
    project_directory, project_descriptor)
  File "/tmp/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybuilder/reactor.py", line 294, in verify_project_directory
    project_descriptor_full_path)
pybuilder.errors.PyBuilderException: Project directory does not contain descriptor file: /tmp/build.py

[mriehl]

@michikuehne latest dev release should produce a helpful error message