From d950e3a0db478afe9fd43b4f81a125bd57523bf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 17:53:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve error message when flake.nix exists but is not under
 Git control

---
 src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
index 7c2278936..e67a527ff 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ static Flake readFlake(
     CanonPath flakeDir(resolvedRef.subdir);
     auto flakePath = rootDir + flakeDir + "flake.nix";
 
-    if (!flakePath.pathExists())
-        throw Error("file '%s' does not exist", flakePath);
-
     Value vInfo;
     state.evalFile(flakePath, vInfo, true);