#739: removed "not inside an IDE installation message"

CHANGELOG.adoc

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Release with new features and bugfixes:
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/737[#737]: Adds cd command to ide shell
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/758[#758]: Create status commandlet
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/754[#754]: Again messages break processable command output
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/737[#739]: Improved error handling to show 'You are not inside an IDE installation' only when relevant.
 
 The full list of changes for this release can be found in https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/milestone/16?closed=1[milestone 2024.12.001].
 

cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/cli/CliExitException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.devonfw.tools.ide.cli;
+
+import com.devonfw.tools.ide.process.ProcessResult;
+
+/**
+ * {@link CliException} Empty exception that is thrown when a required variable is not set.
+ */
+public class CliExitException extends CliException {
+
+  /**
+   * The constructor.
+   */
+  public CliExitException() {
+
+    super("", ProcessResult.EXIT);
+  }
+}

cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/commandlet/EnvironmentCommandlet.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import com.devonfw.tools.ide.cli.CliExitException;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.AbstractIdeContext;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.IdeContext;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.environment.EnvironmentVariablesType;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public String getName() {
   @Override
   public boolean isIdeHomeRequired() {
 
-    return true;
+    return false;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ public boolean isProcessableOutput() {
 
   @Override
   public void run() {
-
+    if (context.getIdeHome() == null) {
+      throw new CliExitException();
+    }
     boolean winCmd = false;
     WindowsPathSyntax pathSyntax = null;
     IdeSubLogger logger = this.context.level(IdeLogLevel.PROCESSABLE);

cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/AbstractIdeContext.java

@@ -277,17 +277,6 @@ private String getMessageIdeRootNotFound() {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @return the status message about the {@link #getIdeHome() IDE_HOME} detection and environment variable initialization.
-   */
-  public String getMessageIdeHome() {
-
-    if (this.ideHome == null) {
-      return getMessageIdeHomeNotFound();
-    }
-    return getMessageIdeHomeFound();
-  }
-
   /**
    * @return {@code true} if this is a test context for JUnits, {@code false} otherwise.
    */
@@ -301,6 +290,7 @@ protected SystemPath computeSystemPath() {
     return new SystemPath(this);
   }
 
+
   private boolean isIdeHome(Path dir) {
 
     if (!Files.isDirectory(dir.resolve("workspaces"))) {

cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/process/ProcessResult.java

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ public interface ProcessResult {
   /** Return code if tool was requested that is not installed. */
   int TOOL_NOT_INSTALLED = 4;
 
+  /** Return code to exit if condition not met */
+  int EXIT = 17;
+
   /**
    * Return code to abort gracefully.
    *

cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/commandlet/EnvironmentCommandletTest.java

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.AbstractIdeContextTest;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.IdeTestContext;
-import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.IdeTestContextMock;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.log.IdeLogEntry;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.log.IdeLogLevel;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.os.SystemInfoMock;
@@ -127,18 +126,6 @@ public void testRunInfoLogging() {
     );
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Test that {@link EnvironmentCommandlet} requires home.
-   */
-  @Test
-  public void testThatHomeIsRequired() {
-
-    // arrange
-    EnvironmentCommandlet env = new EnvironmentCommandlet(IdeTestContextMock.get());
-    // act & assert
-    assertThat(env.isIdeHomeRequired()).isTrue();
-  }
-
   private String normalize(Path path) {
 
     return path.toString().replace('\\', '/');