[Core] Fix loading of cogs on initial startup (#971)

redbot/core/core_commands.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from redbot.core import i18n
 
 import redbot.cogs  # Don't remove this line or core cogs won't load
 
+__all__ = ["find_spec", "Core"]
+
 log = logging.getLogger("red")
 
 OWNER_DISCLAIMER = ("⚠ **Only** the person who is hosting Red should be "
@@ -23,6 +25,21 @@ OWNER_DISCLAIMER = ("⚠ **Only** the person who is hosting Red should be "
                     "owner can access any data that is present on the host "
                     "system.** ⚠")
 
+
+async def find_spec(bot, cog_name: str):
+    try:
+        spec = await bot.cog_mgr.find_cog(cog_name)
+    except RuntimeError:
+        real_name = ".{}".format(cog_name)
+        try:
+            mod = importlib.import_module(real_name, package='redbot.cogs')
+        except ImportError:
+            spec = None
+        else:
+            spec = mod.__spec__
+    return spec
+
+
 _ = i18n.CogI18n("Core", __file__)
 
 
@@ -33,17 +50,11 @@ class Core:
     @checks.is_owner()
     async def load(self, ctx, *, cog_name: str):
         """Loads a package"""
-        try:
+        spec = await find_spec(ctx.bot, cog_name)
-            spec = await ctx.bot.cog_mgr.find_cog(cog_name)
+        if spec is None:
-        except RuntimeError:
+            await ctx.send(_("No module by that name was found in any"
-            real_name = ".{}".format(cog_name)
+                             " cog path."))
-            try:
+            return
-                mod = importlib.import_module(real_name, package='redbot.cogs')
-            except ImportError as e:
-                await ctx.send(_("No module by that name was found in any"
-                                 " cog path."))
-                return
-            spec = mod.__spec__
 
         try:
             ctx.bot.load_extension(spec)

redbot/core/events.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from .sentry_setup import should_log
 from discord.ext import commands
 
 from .utils.chat_formatting import inline
+from .core_commands import find_spec
 
 log = logging.getLogger("red")
 sentry_log = logging.getLogger("red.sentry")
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def init_events(bot, cli_flags):
 
             for package in packages:
                 try:
-                    spec = await bot.cog_mgr.find_cog(package)
+                    spec = await find_spec(bot, package)
                     bot.load_extension(spec)
                 except Exception as e:
                     log.exception("Failed to load package {}".format(package),