Fixes #7269: `yii\console\controllers\BaseMigrateController` now throws exception if directory specified doesn't exist and action isn't `create`

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #7008: Removed extra white space in GridView filter cell (uran1980)
 - Enh #7051: Added support for preventing swapping values between different cookies (pavimus, qiangxue) 
 - Enh #7255: Added support to allow widgets that use text input to specify input types (qiangxue)
+- Enh #7269: `yii\console\controllers\BaseMigrateController` now throws exception if directory specified doesn't exist and action isn't `create` (lynicidn, samdark)
 - Chg #5690: adjusted paths in message config generated by `yii message/config` to reflect directory structure better (mikehaertl, samdark)
 - Chg #6661: Hyperlinks that are enclosed within an exist form will use the same form for submission if they specify both of the `href` and `data-method` attributes (qiangxue)
 - Chg #7094: Console confirmation must be answered correctly. To return `true`: `y` or `yes`. To return `false`: `n` or `no`. Any other input the question will be asked again (thiagotalma)

framework/console/controllers/BaseMigrateController.php

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ abstract class BaseMigrateController extends Controller
      * This method is invoked right before an action is to be executed (after all possible filters.)
      * It checks the existence of the [[migrationPath]].
      * @param \yii\base\Action $action the action to be executed.
-     * @throws Exception if db component isn't configured
+     * @throws Exception if directory specified in migrationPath doesn't exist and action isn't "create".
      * @return boolean whether the action should continue to be executed.
      */
     public function beforeAction($action)
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ abstract class BaseMigrateController extends Controller
         if (parent::beforeAction($action)) {
             $path = Yii::getAlias($this->migrationPath);
             if (!is_dir($path)) {
+                if ($action->id !== 'create') {
+                    throw new Exception('Migration failed. Directory specified in migrationPath doesn\'t exist.');
+                }
                 FileHelper::createDirectory($path);
             }
             $this->migrationPath = $path;