Keep using Photos.app like you always do. Attic quietly backs up your originals and edits to an S3 bucket you control. One-way, append-only.
Add top-level error boundary with friendly messages
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cli/mod.ts
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});
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await main.parse(Deno.args);
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try {
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await main.parse(Deno.args);
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} catch (error: unknown) {
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handleError(error);
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Deno.exit(1);
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}
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function handleError(error: unknown): void {
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if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
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console.error("An unexpected error occurred.");
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return;
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}
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const msg = error.message;
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// Keychain not found
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if (
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msg.includes("find-generic-password") ||
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msg.includes("SecKeychainSearchCopyNext")
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) {
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console.error("Could not read credentials from macOS Keychain.");
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console.error('Run "attic init" to set up your credentials.\n');
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return;
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}
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// Config missing (thrown by requireConfig)
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if (msg.includes("No config file found")) {
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console.error(msg);
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return;
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}
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// Config validation error
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if (msg.startsWith("Config:")) {
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console.error(msg);
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console.error('Run "attic init" to reconfigure, or edit ~/.attic/config.json.\n');
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return;
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}
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// S3 access denied
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if (msg.includes("AccessDenied") || msg.includes("403")) {
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console.error(
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"S3 access denied. Check your credentials and bucket permissions.",
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);
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console.error('Run "attic init" to update credentials.\n');
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return;
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}
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// S3 bucket not found
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if (msg.includes("NoSuchBucket")) {
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console.error(
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"S3 bucket not found. Check the bucket name in ~/.attic/config.json.",
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);
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return;
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}
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// Network error
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if (
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msg.includes("ECONNREFUSED") || msg.includes("ETIMEDOUT") ||
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msg.includes("fetch failed")
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) {
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console.error(
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"Could not connect to S3 endpoint. Check your network and endpoint URL in ~/.attic/config.json.",
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);
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return;
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}
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// Photos.sqlite not found
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if (msg.includes("Photos.sqlite") || msg.includes("unable to open database")) {
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console.error("Could not open Photos database.");
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console.error(
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"Make sure Photos is set up on this Mac and the database exists.\n",
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);
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return;
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}
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// Fallback
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console.error(`Error: ${msg}`);
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}