From 688bca4ac58656d876c8f95d16954ed6f2d8adcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Mathews <mathews.kyle@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 22:12:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Catch and exit if someone mistakenly puts their
 gatsby-config.js in the src directory fixes #2674

---
 packages/gatsby/src/bootstrap/get-config-file.js | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/bootstrap/get-config-file.js b/packages/gatsby/src/bootstrap/get-config-file.js
index 26c67e89433e6..5334621b59114 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/bootstrap/get-config-file.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/bootstrap/get-config-file.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const fs = require(`fs-extra`)
 const testRequireError = require(`../utils/test-require-error`)
 const report = require(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
 const chalk = require(`chalk`)
+const path = require(`path`)
 
 function isNearMatch(
   fileName: string,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = async function getConfigFile(
   configName: string,
   distance: number = 3
 ) {
-  const configPath = `${rootDir}/${configName}`
+  const configPath = path.join(rootDir, configName)
   let configModule
   try {
     configModule = require(configPath)
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ module.exports = async function getConfigFile(
       )
       console.log(``)
       process.exit(1)
+    } else if (fs.existsSync(path.join(rootDir, `src`, configName))) {
+      console.log(``)
+      report.error(
+        `Your gatsby-config.js file is in the wrong place. You've placed in the src/ directory. It must instead be at the root of your site next to your package.json file.`
+      )
+      console.log(``)
+      process.exit(1)
     }
   }