--- a/hgext/convert/darcs.py	Sat Apr 04 19:43:00 2009 +0200
+++ b/hgext/convert/darcs.py	Sat Apr 04 12:28:13 2009 -0500
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
         # check for _darcs, ElementTree, _darcs/inventory so that we can
         # easily skip test-convert-darcs if ElementTree is not around
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, '_darcs', 'inventories')):
+            raise NoRepo("%s does not look like a darcs repo" % path)
+
         if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, '_darcs')):
             raise NoRepo("%s does not look like a darcs repo" % path)
 
@@ -32,9 +35,6 @@
         if ElementTree is None:
             raise util.Abort(_("Python ElementTree module is not available"))
 
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, '_darcs', 'inventories')):
-            raise NoRepo("%s does not look like a darcs repo" % path)
-
         self.path = os.path.realpath(path)
 
         self.lastrev = None