desktop / desktop/desktop

Spawn ENOTDIR error is too vague

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Description

### Describe the bug

An error box pops up that says "Error - spawn ENOTDIR", and continues to pop up when I click "Close" sometimes 10-15 times. It seems that the longer the app remains idle in the background the more times I must close the error.

### Version & OS

GitHub Desktop Version 2.5.0
macOS Mojave Version 10.14.6

### Steps to reproduce the behavior

Unclear... I assume possibly something to do with my filesystem.

### Expected behavior

I expect this error to tell me if there is an issue with a specific repository or configuration so I can try to fix it.

### Actual behavior

I receive a vague and unhelpful error.

### Screenshots

![Screen Shot 2020-05-28 at 10 21 19 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4934432/83167351-60250480-a0cd-11ea-988f-071c40ca5be5.png)

### Logs

[2020-05-28.desktop.production.log](https://github.com/desktop/desktop/files/4697004/2020-05-28.desktop.production.log)

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