From e7bbbc83f6f6956f47cee5fe559659c1853c131d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamis Buck <jamis.buck@mongodb.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 14:59:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] only try to load candidate tasks if the submodule has been
 loaded

---
 Rakefile | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a6d137394..12ac46690 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ require "rake/extensiontask"
 require "rspec/core/rake_task"
 require 'fileutils'
 
-load 'spec/shared/lib/tasks/candidate.rake'
+if File.exist?('./spec/shared/lib/tasks/candidate.rake')
+  load './spec/shared/lib/tasks/candidate.rake'
+end
 
 def jruby?
   defined?(JRUBY_VERSION)