Wrap checkout-deps read-project with more useful message. Fixes #85.

src/leiningen/classpath.clj

@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@
                   ;; bin/lein and thus can't be changed in project.clj.
                   (.listFiles (file (:root project) "lib/dev")))))
 
+(defn- read-dependency-project [dep]
+  (let [project (.getAbsolutePath (file dep "project.clj"))]
+    (try (read-project project)
+         (catch Exception e
+           (throw (Exception. (format "Problem loading %s" project) e))))))
+
 (defn checkout-deps-paths [project]
   (apply concat (for [dep (.listFiles (file (:root project) "checkouts"))]
                   ;; Note that this resets the leiningen.core/project var!
                   (let [proj (binding [*ns* (find-ns 'leiningen.core)]
-                               (read-project (.getAbsolutePath
-                                              (file dep "project.clj"))))]
+                               (read-dependency-project dep))]
                     (for [d [:source-path :compile-path :resources-path]]
                       (proj d))))))
 

todo.org

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 Leiningen TODOs
 
 * For 1.4.0 or later
-** TODO lein install $PROJECT (works outside project root)
-   Possibly take some of this from cljr?
-** TODO write shell wrappers on install
 ** TODO lein add $DEPENDENCY (inserts it into :dependencies in project.clj)
 ** TODO classifiers for specifying what clojure version to use?
 ** TODO test classification using metadata; run a subset of tests
@@ -17,9 +14,12 @@ Leiningen TODOs
 ** TODO set arbitrary jar metadata
 ** TODO specify min. lein version in project.clj
 * For 1.3.0
-** TODO errors in read-project should show filename
-** TODO user-level plugin installation and activation
-** TODO user-level config file (with hook list)
+** TODO lein install $PROJECT (works outside project root)
+   Possibly take some of this from cljr?
+** TODO write shell wrappers on install
+** DONE errors in read-project should show filename
+** DONE user-level plugin installation and activation
+** DONE user-level config file (with hook list)
 ** DONE get no-project-needed from arglist
 ** DONE argument chaining
 ** DONE interactive task