From 5f386b49056e794b79466bd39e9aa91c0c11776b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomasz Misiukiewicz <tomasz.misiukiewicz@callstack.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:04:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] try/catch require package.json

---
 packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts
index 42632cbf4..cb56f1085 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ interface NativeDependencies {
 }
 
 export function getPackageJson(root: string) {
-  return require(path.join(root, 'package.json'));
+  try {
+    return require(path.join(root, 'package.json'));
+  } catch {
+    throw new CLIError(
+      'No package.json found. Please make sure the file exists in the current folder.',
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 export function getIosDependencies(dependencies: NativeDependencies) {