@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ def _maintain_symlinks(symlink_type, base_path):

             if 'ansible-playbook' in symlink_data['script']['ansible']:

                 _cache_symlinks(symlink_data)

             else:

-                raise

+                raise RuntimeError(

+                    "Pregenerated symlink list was not present and expected "

+                    "symlinks in ./bin were missing or broken. "

+                    "Perhaps this isn't a git checkout?"

+                )

         else:

             raise

     symlinks = symlink_data[symlink_type]