Fix nil pointer & improve kubectl error message

Author: FabianKramm

pkg/devspace/deploy/kubectl/kubectl.go

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (d *DeployConfig) Deploy(cache *generated.CacheConfig, forceDeploy bool, bu
 	for _, manifest := range d.Manifests {
 		shouldRedeploy, replacedManifest, err := d.getReplacedManifest(manifest, cache, builtImages)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("%v\nPlease make sure `kubectl apply` does work locally with manifest `%s`", err, manifest)
 		}
 
 		if shouldRedeploy || forceDeploy {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (d *DeployConfig) Deploy(cache *generated.CacheConfig, forceDeploy bool, bu
 
 			err = cmd.Run()
 			if err != nil {
-				return false, err
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("%v\nPlease make sure the command `kubectl apply` does work locally with manifest `%s`", err, manifest)
 			}
 
 			wasDeployed = true
@@ -250,13 +250,11 @@ func (d *DeployConfig) getCmdArgs(method string, additionalArgs ...string) []str
 	}
 
 	args = append(args, method)
-
 	if additionalArgs != nil {
 		args = append(args, additionalArgs...)
 	}
 
 	args = append(args, "-f", "-")
-
 	return args
 }
 

pkg/devspace/kubectl/client.go

@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ func loadClientConfig(config *latest.Config, switchContext bool) (clientcmd.Clie
 		}
 	}
 
+	if _, ok := kubeConfig.Contexts[activeContext]; ok == false {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error loading kube config, context '%s' doesn't exist", activeContext)
+	}
+
 	// Change context namespace
 	if config.Cluster != nil && config.Cluster.Namespace != nil {
 		kubeConfig.Contexts[activeContext].Namespace = *config.Cluster.Namespace

sync/stub/main.go

@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if *isDownstream {
-		err := server.StartDownstreamServer(absolutePath, excludePaths, os.Stdin, os.Stdout)
+		err := server.StartDownstreamServer(absolutePath, excludePaths, os.Stdin, os.Stdout, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	} else if *isUpstream {
-		err := server.StartUpstreamServer(absolutePath, os.Stdin, os.Stdout)
+		err := server.StartUpstreamServer(absolutePath, os.Stdin, os.Stdout, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)