From 0de1b2f685789b20c1a91fadde5469c917c10d09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ondrej Samohel <ondrej.samohel@ynput.io>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:24:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] :recycle: convert asserts

---
 .../publish/validate_render_image_rule.py      | 18 ++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py
index 78bb022785..f9aa7f82d0 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
+import pyblish.api
 from maya import cmds
 
-import pyblish.api
 from openpype.pipeline.publish import (
-    RepairAction,
-    ValidateContentsOrder,
-)
+    PublishValidationError, RepairAction, ValidateContentsOrder)
 
 
 class ValidateRenderImageRule(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
@@ -27,12 +25,12 @@ class ValidateRenderImageRule(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         required_images_rule = self.get_default_render_image_folder(instance)
         current_images_rule = cmds.workspace(fileRuleEntry="images")
 
-        assert current_images_rule == required_images_rule, (
-            "Invalid workspace `images` file rule value: '{}'. "
-            "Must be set to: '{}'".format(
-                current_images_rule, required_images_rule
-            )
-        )
+        if current_images_rule != required_images_rule:
+            raise PublishValidationError(
+                (
+                    "Invalid workspace `images` file rule value: '{}'. "
+                    "Must be set to: '{}'"
+                ).format(current_images_rule, required_images_rule))
 
     @classmethod
     def repair(cls, instance):