From 0c8a36e12b635eb32f31ffe566b2ffecdb6f1bfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nguyen Huy Hoang <24520554@gm.uit.edu.vn>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:39:39 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: validation relies on assert, which is stripped in
 optimized python mode

Signed-off-by: Nguyen Huy Hoang <181364121+huyhoang171106@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 platformio/app.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platformio/app.py b/platformio/app.py
index 7d2f1ea9b7..6aecc7a166 100644
--- a/platformio/app.py
+++ b/platformio/app.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 
 
 def projects_dir_validate(projects_dir):
-    assert os.path.isdir(projects_dir)
+    if not os.path.isdir(projects_dir):
+        raise ValueError(projects_dir)
     return os.path.abspath(projects_dir)