From cdc2a2cef8f0c6e44ba28af2c42973e468591fab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthur Chaloin <arthur.chaloin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:06:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: explicit check for directory match on -d

---
 internal/exporter.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/exporter.go b/internal/exporter.go
index b2e833d..aede126 100644
--- a/internal/exporter.go
+++ b/internal/exporter.go
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) collectMatchingPaths(pattern string, format certificat
 		return nil, []error{err}
 	}
 
+	// we can get there with no errors and no output if `directories` == true
+	// and the pattern only evaluates to files
+	if directories && len(output) == 0 && len(outputErrors) == 0 {
+		return nil, []error{errors.New("no directory match \"" + pattern + "\"")}
+	}
+
 	return output, outputErrors
 }