From 3f28c3faeb211e0b2c8f515013e24042e1547772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ReeseHatfield <reesehatfield02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 08:11:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] new OsedaRun error

---
 src/config.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 37417bf..42174bf 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ use crate::license::License;
 use crate::tags::DefinedTag;
 use crate::{github, license};
 
+pub const CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = "oseda-config.json";
+
 pub fn read_config_file<P: AsRef<std::path::Path>>(
     path: P,
 ) -> Result<OsedaConfig, OsedaCheckError> {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn read_and_validate_config() -> Result<OsedaConfig, OsedaCheckError> {
         OsedaCheckError::DirectoryNameMismatch("Could not get path of working directory".to_owned())
     })?;
 
-    let config_path = path.join("oseda-config.json");
+    let config_path = path.join(CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
 
     let conf = read_config_file(config_path)?;
 

From 6dfd94384fa64ec4afc2c24d26562abf63e61fa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ReeseHatfield <reesehatfield02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 08:11:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] check for cwd as project

---
 src/cmd/run.rs | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/run.rs b/src/cmd/run.rs
index a059aff..de5d977 100644
--- a/src/cmd/run.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/run.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 use std::{
-    process::Command,
-    sync::{
-        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
-        Arc,
-    },
-    time::Duration,
+    path::Path, process::Command, sync::{
+        Arc, atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering}
+    }, time::Duration
 };
 
+use crate::config::{self};
+
 /// More in depth errors that could cause a project not to run
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum OsedaRunError {
     BuildError(String),
     ServeError(String),
+    NotOsedaProjectError(String),
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for OsedaRunError {}
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for OsedaRunError {
         match self {
             Self::BuildError(msg) => write!(f, "Oseda Build Error: {}", msg),
             Self::ServeError(msg) => write!(f, "Oseda Serve Error: {}", msg),
+            Self::NotOsedaProjectError(msg) => write!(f, "Current working directory is not an Oseda project: {}", msg)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -39,8 +40,16 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<(), OsedaRunError> {
     run_with_shutdown(Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)))
 }
 
+pub fn is_cwd_oseda_project() -> bool {
+    Path::new(config::CONFIG_FILE_NAME).try_exists().is_ok_and(|exists| exists)
+}
+
 pub fn run_with_shutdown(shutdown_flag: Arc<AtomicBool>) -> Result<(), OsedaRunError> {
     // command run failure and command status are considered different, handled accordingly
+    if !is_cwd_oseda_project(){
+        return Err(OsedaRunError::NotOsedaProjectError("oseda-config.json not found".to_string()));
+    }
+    
     match Command::new("npx").arg("vite").arg("build").status() {
         Ok(status) => {
             if !status.success() {