From 5795e4fbd7bbd02a5f8905b8c756c1c22d89a03a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shay Banon <kimchy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 12:50:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [TEST] better failure message when back location is missing

---
 .../test/ElasticsearchBackwardsCompatIntegrationTest.java      | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchBackwardsCompatIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchBackwardsCompatIntegrationTest.java
index e317687ed77..8a2aa6c839c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchBackwardsCompatIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchBackwardsCompatIntegrationTest.java
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchBackwardsCompatIntegrationTest extends Elasti
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Backwards tests location path:" + path + " version: " + version);
         }
         File file = new File(path, "elasticsearch-" + version);
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Backwards tests location is missing: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+        }
         if (!file.isDirectory()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Backwards tests location is not a directory: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
         }