From da553de7b16e0d9a77520d422842361fc52cd167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 13:38:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix template checking

---
 src/nix/flake.cc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nix/flake.cc b/src/nix/flake.cc
index 70356fca8..2fa779874 100644
--- a/src/nix/flake.cc
+++ b/src/nix/flake.cc
@@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ struct CmdFlakeCheck : FlakeCommand
                 if (auto attr = v.attrs->get(state->symbols.create("path"))) {
                     if (attr->name == state->symbols.create("path")) {
                         PathSet context;
-                        state->coerceToStorePath(attr->pos, *attr->value, context);
+                        auto path = state->coerceToPath(attr->pos, *attr->value, context);
+                        if (!path.pathExists())
+                            throw Error("template '%s' refers to a non-existent path '%s'", attrPath, path);
                         // TODO: recursively check the flake in 'path'.
                     }
                 } else