472 - Don't panic if not in a repository

Display a friendly message and exit with an error if not
in a Git repository. Using the same approach used in this PR:
https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/pull/14/files

main.go

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
+		if errorMessage, known := app.KnownError(err); known {
+			log.Fatal(errorMessage)
+		}
 		newErr := errors.Wrap(err, 0)
 		stackTrace := newErr.ErrorStack()
 		app.Log.Error(stackTrace)

pkg/app/app.go

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ type App struct {
 	ClientContext string
 }
 
+type errorMapping struct {
+	originalError string
+	newError      string
+}
+
 func newProductionLogger(config config.AppConfigurer) *logrus.Logger {
 	log := logrus.New()
 	log.Out = ioutil.Discard
@@ -158,7 +163,8 @@ func (app *App) Run() error {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	return app.Gui.RunWithSubprocesses()
+	err := app.Gui.RunWithSubprocesses()
+	return err
 }
 
 // Rebase contains logic for when we've been run in demon mode, meaning we've
@@ -192,3 +198,22 @@ func (app *App) Close() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// KnownError takes an error and tells us whether it's an error that we know about where we can print a nicely formatted version of it rather than panicking with a stack trace
+func (app *App) KnownError(err error) (string, bool) {
+	errorMessage := err.Error()
+
+	mappings := []errorMapping{
+		{
+			originalError: "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git",
+			newError:      app.Tr.SLocalize("notARepository"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, mapping := range mappings {
+		if strings.Contains(errorMessage, mapping.originalError) {
+			return mapping.newError, true
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
+}

pkg/i18n/dutch.go

@@ -748,6 +748,9 @@ func addDutch(i18nObject *i18n.Bundle) error {
 		}, &i18n.Message{
 			ID:    "stashOptions",
 			Other: "Stash options",
+		}, &i18n.Message{
+			ID:    "notARepository",
+			Other: "Error: must be run inside a repository",
 		},
 	)
 }

pkg/i18n/english.go

@@ -771,6 +771,9 @@ func addEnglish(i18nObject *i18n.Bundle) error {
 		}, &i18n.Message{
 			ID:    "stashOptions",
 			Other: "Stash options",
+		}, &i18n.Message{
+			ID:    "notARepository",
+			Other: "Error: must be run inside a repository",
 		},
 	)
 }

pkg/i18n/polish.go

@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ func addPolish(i18nObject *i18n.Bundle) error {
 		}, &i18n.Message{
 			ID:    "stashOptions",
 			Other: "Stash options",
+		}, &i18n.Message{
+			ID:    "notARepository",
+			Other: "Error: must be run inside a repository",
 		},
 	)
 }