From f7cd553044350cccf40fc4dc38a93d3669c2e4c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Osher De Paz <osherdepaz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:19:39 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] return a meaningful message if we hit the rate-limiter of
 GitHub

---
 hack/install_kustomize.sh | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hack/install_kustomize.sh b/hack/install_kustomize.sh
index 0b549ffb6..2af293d30 100755
--- a/hack/install_kustomize.sh
+++ b/hack/install_kustomize.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,14 @@ elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == darwin* ]]; then
   opsys=darwin
 fi
 
-RELEASE_URL=$(curl -s $release_url |\
+releases=$(curl -s $release_url)
+
+if [[ $releases == *"API rate limit exceeded"* ]]; then
+  echo "Github rate-limiter failed the request. Either authenticate or wait a couple of minutes."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+RELEASE_URL=$(echo "${releases}" |\
   grep browser_download.*${opsys}_${arch} |\
   cut -d '"' -f 4 |\
   sort -V | tail -n 1)