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Add additional context to plugin error message

See original GitHub issue

Current message:

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│     Netlify Build Error     │
└─────────────────────────────┘

In "onInit" command from "plugin-one":
ReferenceError: yolo is not defined
    at onInit (/plugins/one/index.js:40:19)
    at Object.run (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/child/main.js:72:9)
    at handleEvent (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/child/main.js:54:43)
    at getEventsFromParent (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/child/main.js:50:61)
    at process.on (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/ipc.js:73:15)

We should update this message with additional context on how the user can self serve and potentially report issues back to the original plugin author.

Using the information (if available) in package.json, we should update the message to what is shown below

Updated message:

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│     Netlify Build Error     │
└─────────────────────────────┘

In the "plugin-one" plugin the "onInit" command is failing with this error:
ReferenceError: yolo is not defined
    at onInit (/plugins/one/index.js:40:19)
    at Object.run (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/child/main.js:72:9)
    at handleEvent (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/child/main.js:54:43)
    at getEventsFromParent (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/child/main.js:50:61)
    at process.on (/Users/davidwells/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/@netlify/build/src/plugins/ipc.js:73:15)

> Plugin details <
Name: plugin-one
Versions: 0.2.1
Github link: https://github.com/davidwells/plugin-one
Npm link: https://npm.com/plugin-one
Report issues: https://github.com/davidwells/plugin-one/issues

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│     End Build Error Message                            │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:6 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

foolcommented, Feb 17, 2020

wow, that’s great! Thanks!

0reactions

ehmickycommented, Feb 25, 2020

The test snapshots have changed due to updates to the test logic, but the actual log output users see has remained very similar to the above screenshot. Some minor improvements have come with the introduction of the new utils.build.* error reporting methods (#735). No output information was removed in the process.

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