move check so --export still works

Signed-off-by: Somtochi Onyekwere <[email protected]>

cmd/flux/install.go

@@ -119,20 +119,6 @@ func installCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	info, installed, err := getFluxClusterInfo(ctx, kubeClient)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error checking for exisiting flux installation: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if installed && info.bootstrapped {
-		return fmt.Errorf("this cluster has been bootstrapped with Flux %s! Please use 'flux bootstrap' to upgrade", info.version)
-	}
-
 	if ver, err := getVersion(installArgs.version); err != nil {
 		return err
 	} else {
@@ -197,6 +183,20 @@ func installCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	logger.Successf("manifests build completed")
 	logger.Actionf("installing components in %s namespace", *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
 
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	info, installed, err := getFluxClusterInfo(ctx, kubeClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error checking for exisiting flux installation: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if installed && info.bootstrapped {
+		return fmt.Errorf("this cluster has already been bootstrapped with Flux %s! Please use 'flux bootstrap' to upgrade", info.version)
+	}
+
 	applyOutput, err := utils.Apply(ctx, kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions, tmpDir, filepath.Join(tmpDir, manifest.Path))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("install failed: %w", err)