From cbf772357d0a0b196a6372efd62f93e22b33c893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lin Yihai <linyihai@huawei.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:47:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] add detailed message when target folder path is invalid

---
 crates/cargo-util/src/paths.rs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/cargo-util/src/paths.rs b/crates/cargo-util/src/paths.rs
index bf3ca3f82888..15bc16d2f5c1 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-util/src/paths.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-util/src/paths.rs
@@ -694,7 +694,14 @@ pub fn create_dir_all_excluded_from_backups_atomic(p: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Resul
     // we can infer from it's another cargo process doing work.
     if let Err(e) = fs::rename(tempdir.path(), path) {
         if !path.exists() {
-            return Err(anyhow::Error::from(e));
+            return Err(anyhow::Error::from(e))
+                .with_context(|| {
+                    format!(
+                        "the path `{}` is invalid or broken symbolic link",
+                        path.display()
+                    )
+                })
+                .with_context(|| format!("failed to create directory `{}`", path.display()));
         }
     }
     Ok(())