Return error on no-browser option if repo don't exists

api/queries_repo.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/go-gh/pkg/api"
 	ghAPI "github.com/cli/go-gh/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/shurcooL/githubv4"
 )
@@ -1370,3 +1371,22 @@ func GetRepoIDs(client *Client, host string, repositories []ghrepo.Interface) ([
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+// RenameRepo renames the repository on GitHub and returns the renamed repository
+func RepoExists(client *Client, repo ghrepo.Interface) (bool, error) {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%srepos/%s/%s", ghinstance.RESTPrefix(repo.RepoHost()), repo.RepoOwner(), repo.RepoName())
+
+	resp, err := client.HTTP().Head(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	switch resp.StatusCode {
+	case 200:
+		return true, nil
+	case 404:
+		return false, nil
+	default:
+		return false, api.HandleHTTPError(resp)
+	}
+}

api/queries_repo_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/httpmock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestGitHubRepo_notFound(t *testing.T) {
@@ -467,3 +468,72 @@ func TestDisplayName(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRepoExists(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		httpStub   func(*httpmock.Registry)
+		repo       ghrepo.Interface
+		existCheck bool
+		wantErrMsg string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "repo exists",
+			httpStub: func(r *httpmock.Registry) {
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("HEAD", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
+					httpmock.StringResponse("{}"),
+				)
+			},
+			repo:       ghrepo.New("OWNER", "REPO"),
+			existCheck: true,
+			wantErrMsg: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "repo does not exists",
+			httpStub: func(r *httpmock.Registry) {
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("HEAD", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
+					httpmock.StatusStringResponse(404, "Not Found"),
+				)
+			},
+			repo:       ghrepo.New("OWNER", "REPO"),
+			existCheck: false,
+			wantErrMsg: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "http error",
+			httpStub: func(r *httpmock.Registry) {
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("HEAD", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
+					httpmock.StatusStringResponse(500, "Internal Server Error"),
+				)
+			},
+			repo:       ghrepo.New("OWNER", "REPO"),
+			existCheck: false,
+			wantErrMsg: "HTTP 500 (https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO)",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		reg := &httpmock.Registry{}
+		if tt.httpStub != nil {
+			tt.httpStub(reg)
+		}
+
+		client := newTestClient(reg)
+
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			exist, err := RepoExists(client, ghrepo.New("OWNER", "REPO"))
+			if tt.wantErrMsg != "" {
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.wantErrMsg, err.Error())
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			if exist != tt.existCheck {
+				t.Errorf("RepoExists() returns %v, expected %v", exist, tt.existCheck)
+				return
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go

@@ -180,7 +180,19 @@ func runBrowse(opts *BrowseOptions) error {
 	url := ghrepo.GenerateRepoURL(baseRepo, "%s", section)
 
 	if opts.NoBrowserFlag {
-		_, err := fmt.Fprintln(opts.IO.Out, url)
+		client, err := opts.HttpClient()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		exist, err := api.RepoExists(api.NewClientFromHTTP(client), baseRepo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !exist {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s doesn't exists", text.DisplayURL(url))
+		}
+		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(opts.IO.Out, url)
 		return err
 	}
 

pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name          string
 		opts          BrowseOptions
+		httpStub      func(*httpmock.Registry)
 		baseRepo      ghrepo.Interface
 		defaultBranch string
 		expectedURL   string
@@ -432,6 +433,12 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 				SelectorArg:   "init.rb:6",
 				NoBrowserFlag: true,
 			},
+			httpStub: func(r *httpmock.Registry) {
+				r.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("HEAD", "repos/mislav/will_paginate"),
+					httpmock.StringResponse("{}"),
+				)
+			},
 			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("mislav", "will_paginate"),
 			wantsErr:    false,
 			expectedURL: "https://github.com/mislav/will_paginate/blob/3-0-stable/init.rb?plain=1#L6",
@@ -556,6 +563,10 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 				reg.StubRepoInfoResponse(tt.baseRepo.RepoOwner(), tt.baseRepo.RepoName(), tt.defaultBranch)
 			}
 
+			if tt.httpStub != nil {
+				tt.httpStub(&reg)
+			}
+
 			opts := tt.opts
 			opts.IO = ios
 			opts.BaseRepo = func() (ghrepo.Interface, error) {