From 46df7e4f832094db36e5e5386cdb6acfaafa9e2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Hirschfeld <dave.hirschfeld@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 22:23:48 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Only copy the recipe if it exists (#356)

---
 boa/core/recipe_handling.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/boa/core/recipe_handling.py b/boa/core/recipe_handling.py
index ffd8a051..0c6cdb71 100644
--- a/boa/core/recipe_handling.py
+++ b/boa/core/recipe_handling.py
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ def copy_recipe(m):
             _copy_output_recipe(m, recipe_dir)
         else:
             _copy_top_level_recipe(m.path, m.config, recipe_dir)
-            original_recipe = m.meta_path
+            if exists(m.meta_path):
+                original_recipe = m.meta_path
 
         output_metadata = m.copy()
         # hard code the build string, so that tests don't get it mixed up