Provide PAT error message as early as possible

Author: cognifloyd

.circle/deployment

@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ type gh &>/dev/null || ~/ci/.circle/install_gh
 export GH_TOKEN=${MACHINE_PASSWORD}
 source ~/ci/tools/functions.sh
 
+DEFAULT_BRANCH=$(_gh_default_branch)
+# Give a good error message after the first use of github API in this script.
+if $? != 0; then
+    echo "Error retrieving data with github graphql API."
+    echo "The GitHub PAT might need to be regenerated:"
+    echo "https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=public_repo&description=CircleCI%3A%20stackstorm-${PACK_NAME}"
+else
+    echo "GitHub PAT is active."
+fi
+
 # TODO: figure out how to make deploy.py rebuild the index.
 # python ~/packs/.circle/deploy.py pack.yaml "${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}"
 
@@ -58,7 +68,6 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
-DEFAULT_BRANCH=$(_gh_default_branch)
 # Afer pushing the version, make sure we check out the latest commit
 # This is important so index reflects latest changes
 git checkout ${DEFAULT_BRANCH}

.circle/index.py

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def get_available_versions():
     if proc.returncode != 0:
         sys.exit(
             "Error retrieving data with github graphql API.\n"
-            "The Github PAT might need to be regenerated:\n"
+            "The GitHub PAT might need to be regenerated:\n"
             "https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=public_repo"
             "&description=CircleCI%3A%20stackstorm-" + ACTIVE_PACK_NAME
         )