From add4e21f3969537a2ed81a7752ef214266e7978e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Houkime <>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:04:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feature(backups): throw an error if repo init fails

---
 selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py b/selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py
index 7980e46..5cf99cd 100644
--- a/selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py
+++ b/selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py
@@ -86,11 +86,15 @@ class ResticBackuper(AbstractBackuper):
             repo_name,
             "init",
         )
-        subprocess.Popen(
+        with subprocess.Popen(
             init_command,
             shell=False,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-        )
+        ) as process_handle:
+            output = process_handle.communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")
+            if not "created restic repository" in output:
+                raise ValueError("cannot init a repo: " + output)
 
     def restore_from_backup(self, repo_name, snapshot_id, folder):
         """