- better goal.yaml not found

aaabramov · Nov 9, 2021 · 49dda0e · 49dda0e
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ $ goal tf-apply --on stage
 - [ ] Add "depends on" other task like switch to dev?
   - [ ] Recursive dependencies
 - [ ] Assertions
-    - [ ] ref output
+    - [X] ref output
     - [ ] recursive assertions?
     - [ ] raw CLI output -- bad pattern?
 - [ ] Global aliases in `$HOME` directory?

diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ func loadGoals() {
 	if goalFile != "" {
 		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(goalFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			lib.Fatal("Failed to read goals file: %s", goalFile)
+			lib.Fatal("Failed to read goals file: %s\n"+
+				"\t- check if goal.yaml files exists in current directory\n"+
+				"\t- specify goal.yaml explicitly using -c flag, e.g. 'goal -c ../goal.yaml'\n"+
+				"\t- run 'goal init' to generate example goal.yaml file in current directory", goalFile)
 		}
 		parsed, err := lib.ParseCommands(bytes)
 		if err != nil {