Added better error handling in --flake argument

pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from . import config, flakes, machines, secrets, vms, webui
 from .custom_logger import setup_logging
 from .dirs import get_clan_flake_toplevel
 from .ssh import cli as ssh_cli
+from .dirs import is_clan_flake
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -56,11 +57,21 @@ def create_parser(prog: str | None = None) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         default=[],
     )
 
+    def flake_path(arg:str) -> Path:
+        flake_dir = Path(arg).resolve()
+        if not flake_dir.exists():
+            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"flake directory {flake_dir} does not exist")
+        if not flake_dir.is_dir():
+            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"flake directory {flake_dir} is not a directory")
+        if not is_clan_flake(flake_dir):
+            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"flake directory {flake_dir} is not a clan flake")
+        return flake_dir
+
     parser.add_argument(
         "--flake",
         help="path to the flake where the clan resides in",
         default=get_clan_flake_toplevel(),
-        type=Path,
+        type=flake_path,
     )
 
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()

pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/dirs.py

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 def get_clan_flake_toplevel() -> Path | None:
     return find_toplevel([".clan-flake", ".git", ".hg", ".svn", "flake.nix"])
 
+def is_clan_flake(path: Path) -> bool:
+    return (path / ".clan-flake").exists()
+
 
 def find_git_repo_root() -> Path | None:
     return find_toplevel([".git"])

pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/clan-vm-manager.code-workspace

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": ".."
+		},
+		{
+			"path": "../../clan-cli"
+		}
+	],
+	"settings": {}
+}