From 6d9dfff1cbe18846cb079f4c76b20910af907f73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Eischer <michael.eischer@fau.de>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 11:08:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] check: point users towards the troubleshooting guide if repo
 has errors

---
 cmd/restic/cmd_check.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
index 89bb30868..ffb97ccdb 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ func runCheck(ctx context.Context, opts CheckOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args
 	}
 
 	if errorsFound {
+		if len(salvagePacks) == 0 {
+			printer.E("\nThe repository is damaged and must be repaired. Please follow the troubleshooting guide at https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/077_troubleshooting.html .\n\n")
+		}
 		return errors.Fatal("repository contains errors")
 	}
 	printer.P("no errors were found\n")