From 0dc00367f91d871949d13ea85c181c16f124bfd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joshr <joshr>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:58:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] improve message when .git exists but not .gitsecret

---
 src/_utils/_git_secret_tools.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools.sh b/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools.sh
index 7dee588b..cf4f7341 100644
--- a/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools.sh
+++ b/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools.sh
@@ -484,7 +484,9 @@ function _secrets_dir_exists {
   full_path=$(_get_secrets_dir)
 
   if [[ ! -d "$full_path" ]]; then
-    _abort "$full_path does not exist."
+    local name
+    name=$(basename "$full_path")
+    _abort "secrets directory '$name' does not exist. Use 'git secret init' to initialize git-secret"
   fi
 }