Nil Pointer Dereference in Watcher Executor -> dereference panic.

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Describe the bug

Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant Watcher
    participant Executor
    participant Client as connectors.NewClient
    Watcher->>Executor: TriggerImport(entry)
    Executor->>Client: NewClient(*globalClientOpts)
    Note over Client: Fails (e.g. invalid context)
    Client-->>Executor: nil, err
    Note over Executor: Logs error, but DOES NOT return!
    Executor->>Executor: mc.UploadArtifact(entry.FilePath, entry.MainArtifact)
    Note over Executor: Panic: nil pointer dereference (mc is nil)

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Description

In pkg/watcher/executor.go, the TriggerImport function instantiates the Microcks client using connectors.NewClient. If this fails (e.g., due to an invalid context or server address), it prints an error message but continues execution instead of returning early. It subsequently calls mc.UploadArtifact(), causing a nil pointer dereference panic.

Impact

The watcher daemon crashes with a stack trace instead of handling the connection/context resolution failure gracefully.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Configure a watch entry with an invalid or expired context.
2. Modify the watched file to trigger an fsnotify event.
3. The watch manager invokes TriggerImport, which prints [ERROR] Cannot connect to Microcks client... and immediately panics with a segmentation fault.

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