From a6556b4982bf411e34504af7293a1456da868ef5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sushil Kumar <Sushil.Kumar@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 15:01:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Check existence of $HELM_HOME/plugins before installing
 plugin

Fixes https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/issues/2488
---
 pkg/plugin/installer/installer.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/plugin/installer/installer.go b/pkg/plugin/installer/installer.go
index 9b0c9a23b..4cc19ce28 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/installer/installer.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/installer/installer.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/helm/helmpath"
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ type Installer interface {
 
 // Install installs a plugin to $HELM_HOME.
 func Install(i Installer) error {
+	if _, pathErr := os.Stat(path.Dir(i.Path())); os.IsNotExist(pathErr) {
+		return errors.New(`plugin home "$HELM_HOME/plugins" does not exists`)
+	}
+
 	if _, pathErr := os.Stat(i.Path()); !os.IsNotExist(pathErr) {
 		return errors.New("plugin already exists")
 	}