move the error for github apps pipeline (github#38135)

rachmari · web-flow · commit dcda279a07dc · 2023-06-19T17:33:32.000Z
diff --git a/script/helpers/github.js b/script/helpers/github.js
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
   dotenv.config()
 }
 
-// check for required PAT
-if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
-  throw new Error(
-    'Error! You must have a GITHUB_TOKEN set in an .env file to use the GitHub REST API.'
-  )
-}
-
 // this module needs to work in development, production, and GitHub Actions
 //
 // GITHUB_TOKEN comes from one of the following sources:
diff --git a/src/github-apps/scripts/sync.js b/src/github-apps/scripts/sync.js
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ async function getProgAccessData(progAccessSource) {
   let progActorResources
   const progAccessFilepath = 'config/access_control/programmatic_access.yaml'
   const progActorFilepath = 'config/locales/programmatic_actor_fine_grained_resources.en.yml'
+
+  // check for required PAT
+  if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Error! You must have the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable set to access the programmatic access and resource files via the GitHub REST API.'
+    )
+  }
+
   if (progAccessSource) {
     progAccessDataRaw = yaml.load(
       await readFile(path.join(progAccessSource, progAccessFilepath), 'utf8')
