2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-compact b/script/public-inbox-compact
index 5f18497e..d22e4032 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-compact
+++ b/script/public-inbox-compact
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ use File::Path qw(remove_tree);
  use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(spawn);
  my $usage = "Usage: public-inbox-compact REPO_DIR\n";
  my $dir = shift or die $usage;
-my $config = PublicInbox::Config->new;
+my $config = eval { PublicInbox::Config->new };
  my $ibx;
  $dir = abs_path($dir);
-$config->each_inbox(sub {
-        $ibx = $_[0] if abs_path($_[0]->{mainrepo}) eq $dir
-});
+if ($config) {
+        $config->each_inbox(sub {
+                $ibx = $_[0] if abs_path($_[0]->{mainrepo}) eq $dir
+        });
+}
  unless ($ibx) {
          warn "W: $dir not configured in ".
                  PublicInbox::Config::default_file() . "\n";
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-convert b/script/public-inbox-convert
index 2979a0c8..bd8fb985 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-convert
+++ b/script/public-inbox-convert
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ my $old_dir = shift or die $usage;
  my $new_dir = shift or die $usage;
  die "$new_dir exists\n" if -d $new_dir;
  die "$old_dir not a directory\n" unless -d $old_dir;
-my $config = PublicInbox::Config->new;
+my $config = eval { PublicInbox::Config->new };
  $old_dir = abs_path($old_dir);
  my $old;
-$config->each_inbox(sub {
-        $old = $_[0] if abs_path($_[0]->{mainrepo}) eq $old_dir;
-});
+if ($config) {
+        $config->each_inbox(sub {
+                $old = $_[0] if abs_path($_[0]->{mainrepo}) eq $old_dir;
+        });
+}
  unless ($old) {
          warn "W: $old_dir not configured in " .
                  PublicInbox::Config::default_file() . "\n";