# we don't consider the state of having the dir exist but the repo be wrong as good.
if [ -z "$repo_found" ]; then
echo "There is a problem; this folder is not a valid repository:"
# we don't consider the state of having the dir exist but the repo be wrong as good.
if [ -z "$repo_found" ]; then
echo "There is a problem; this folder is not a valid repository:"