build: moved firebase config check to gulpfile

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/frontend/gulpfile.js b/frontend/gulpfile.js
index 07e5e0a5b..f9a665d58 100644
--- a/frontend/gulpfile.js
+++ b/frontend/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const { webpack } = require("webpack");
 const eslint = require("gulp-eslint-new");
 const { task, src, series, watch } = require("gulp");
+const { resolve } = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
 const webpackDevConfig = require("./webpack/config.dev.js");
 const webpackProdConfig = require("./webpack/config.prod.js");
 
@@ -27,6 +29,15 @@ task("validate-json-schema", function () {
 
 const taskWithWebpackConfig = (webpackConfig) => {
   return async () => {
+    if (
+      !fs.existsSync(
+        resolve(__dirname, "../src/ts/constants/firebase-config.ts")
+      )
+    ) {
+      const msg = `File firebase-config.ts is missing! Please duplicate firebase-config-example.ts and rename it to firebase-config.ts. If you are using Firebase, fill in the values in the config file. If not, you can leave the fields blank. For more information, check CONTRIBUTING_ADVANCED.md`;
+      throw new Error(msg);
+    }
+
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       webpack(webpackConfig, (err, stats) => {
         if (err) {