From 3ae37b29bde242c5bf87deb33b3a6dedd45b8b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Bell <mappum@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:50:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] core: Show error when config identity is not set

---
 core/core.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/core.go b/core/core.go
index beb6ddd5a..0a9db055a 100644
--- a/core/core.go
+++ b/core/core.go
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ func NewIpfsNode(cfg *config.Config, online bool) (*IpfsNode, error) {
 }
 
 func initIdentity(cfg *config.Config) (*peer.Peer, error) {
+	if cfg.Identity == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("Identity was not set in config (was ipfs init run?)")
+	}
+
 	if len(cfg.Identity.PeerID) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("No peer ID in config! (was ipfs init run?)")
 	}