Ignore local file structure when querying projects

chatops/python/gitlab-to-pentext.py

@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
     return vars(parser.parse_args())
 
 
-def preflight_checks():
+def preflight_checks(options):
     """
     Checks if all tools are there.
     Exits with 0 if everything went okilydokily.
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ def preflight_checks():
         gitserver.auth()
     except gitlab.config.GitlabDataError as exception:
         print_error('could not connect {0}'.format(exception), -1)
+    if not options['projects']:
         for path in ('findings', 'non-findings'):
             if not os.path.isdir(path):
                 print_error('Path {0} does not exist: Is this a Pentext repository ?'.format(path), -1)
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ def main():
     The main program.
     """
     options = parse_arguments()
-    gitserver = preflight_checks()
+    gitserver = preflight_checks(options)
     if options['projects']:
         list_projects(gitserver)
     if options['issues']: