Sphinx may not generate an api folder

Fix a bug for simple projects where sphinx does not generate a docs/build/html/api/ folder. Without this fix the rename fails because the output_path does not exist.
twisted · Jun 20, 2024 · 21ca88c · 21ca88c
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commit 21ca88c
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diff --git a/pydoctor/sphinx_ext/build_apidocs.py b/pydoctor/sphinx_ext/build_apidocs.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ def on_build_finished(app: Sphinx, exception: Exception) -> None:
 
         temp_path = output_path.with_suffix('.pydoctor_temp')
         shutil.rmtree(sphinx_files, ignore_errors=True)
-        output_path.rename(sphinx_files)
+        if output_path.exists():
+          output_path.rename(sphinx_files)
         temp_path.rename(output_path)