From afb787c84509cf4dd053eafcf5bafaf957054a46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonin Delpeuch <antonin@delpeuch.eu>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 17:33:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Disable error message when workspace.json does not exist.
 Fixes #1989

---
 .../src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java
index 271a4f5c6..bdc6957c0 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java
@@ -363,11 +363,13 @@ public class FileProjectManager extends ProjectManager  {
 
         boolean found = false;
 
-        try {
-        	ParsingUtilities.mapper.readerForUpdating(this).readValue(file);
-            found = true;
-        } catch(IOException e) {
-        	logger.warn(e.toString());
+        if (file.exists() || file.canRead()) {
+	        try {
+	        	ParsingUtilities.mapper.readerForUpdating(this).readValue(file);
+	            found = true;
+	        } catch(IOException e) {
+	        	logger.warn(e.toString());
+	        }
         }
 
         return found;