From b59fe77ec75c098b2c3c3599acd5a9a59432013b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Cl=C3=A9ment=20Renault?= <clement@meilisearch.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:19:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid creating a default empty database in the search crate

---
 search/src/main.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/search/src/main.rs b/search/src/main.rs
index d2e727417..7e9443e5f 100644
--- a/search/src/main.rs
+++ b/search/src/main.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ fn run(opt: Opt) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .timestamp(stderrlog::Timestamp::Off)
         .init()?;
 
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(&opt.database)?;
+    // Return an error if the database does not exist.
+    if !opt.database.exists() {
+        anyhow::bail!("The database ({}) does not exist.", opt.database.display());
+    }
+
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(opt.database_size.get_bytes() as usize);