Improve error reporting

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - \[Rust\]: Bump the Minimum Support Rust Version (MSRV) to 1.61.0.
 - \[Rust\]: Add license files to crates
 - \[Rust\]: Implement a builder pattern for serializing tables and unions
-- \[Rust\]: rustfmt runs twice on generated code to ensure it is formatted correctly
-- \[Rust\]: Fix an issue with using structs across different flatbuffer namespaces.
-- Add support for docstrings, and add them to the Rust output.
-- Update the `README` with information about our Discord server.
-- Split up `planus-cli` into multiple crates
-- Fix planus failing with "Unexpected token" on CLRF
+- Add support for docstrings, and add them to the Rust output. [#152](https://github.com/planus-org/planus/pull/152)
+- Update the `README` with information about our Discord server [#138](https://github.com/planus-org/planus/pull/138)
+- Split up `planus-cli` into multiple crates [#161](https://github.com/planus-org/planus/pull/161)
+
+### Fixed
+- Fix planus failing with "Unexpected token" on CLRF [#166](https://github.com/planus-org/planus/pull/166)
+- \[Rust\]: rustfmt runs twice on generated code to ensure it is formatted correctly [#168](https://github.com/planus-org/planus/pull/168)
+- \[Rust\]: Fix an issue with using structs across different flatbuffer namespaces [#172](https://github.com/planus-org/planus/pull/172)
+- \[Rust\]: Fix bad error reporting when `rustfmt` was not installed [#173](https://github.com/planus-org/planus/pull/173)
 
 ### Removed
 - \[Rust\]: The old ways of serializing tables and unions using `create`-functions have been removed.
@@ -66,7 +69,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.1.0] - 2021-12-30
 - Initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/planus-org/planus/compare/v0.3.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/planus-org/planus/compare/v0.3.1...HEAD
+[0.3.1]: https://github.com/planus-org/planus/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1
 [0.3.0]: https://github.com/planus-org/planus/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0
 [0.2.0]: https://github.com/planus-org/planus/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0
 [0.1.0]: https://github.com/planus-org/planus/releases/tag/v0.1.0

RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   * `planus/src/lib.rs`
   * `planus-cli/src/codegen/templates/rust/namespace.template`
   * `examples/rust/Cargo.toml`
-* Update CHANGELOG.md
+* Update CHANGELOG.md, including links at the bottom
 * Commit changes to a branch and make a PR
 * Run `cargo publish --dry-run` on PR branch
 * Wait for CI and merge PR to main branch

crates/planus-codegen/Cargo.toml

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ heck = "0.4.0"
 vec_map = "0.8.2"
 random_color = "0.6.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
+eyre = "0.6.8"

crates/planus-codegen/src/lib.rs

@@ -19,15 +19,7 @@ mod dot;
 mod rust;
 mod templates;
 
-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
-pub enum CodegenError {
-    #[error("io error")]
-    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
-    #[error("codegen error: {0}")]
-    Other(String),
-}
-
-pub fn generate_rust(declarations: &Declarations) -> Result<String, CodegenError> {
+pub fn generate_rust(declarations: &Declarations) -> eyre::Result<String> {
     let default_analysis = run_analysis(declarations, &mut rust::analysis::DefaultAnalysis);
     let eq_analysis = run_analysis(declarations, &mut rust::analysis::EqAnalysis);
     let infallible_analysis = run_analysis(
@@ -43,7 +35,8 @@ pub fn generate_rust(declarations: &Declarations) -> Result<String, CodegenError
         declarations,
     );
     let res = templates::rust::Namespace(&output).render().unwrap();
-    let res = rust::format_string(&rust::format_string(&res, Some(1_000_000))?, None)?;
+    let res = rust::format_string(&res, Some(1_000_000))?;
+    let res = rust::format_string(&res, None)?;
     Ok(res)
 }
 

crates/planus-codegen/src/rust/mod.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     process::{Command, Stdio},
 };
 
+use eyre::Context;
 use heck::{ToSnakeCase, ToUpperCamelCase};
 use planus_types::{
     ast::{FloatType, IntegerType},
@@ -959,7 +960,7 @@ fn float_type(type_: &FloatType) -> &'static str {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn format_string(s: &str, max_width: Option<u64>) -> Result<String, crate::CodegenError> {
+pub fn format_string(s: &str, max_width: Option<u64>) -> eyre::Result<String> {
     let mut child = Command::new("rustfmt");
 
     child
@@ -973,27 +974,30 @@ pub fn format_string(s: &str, max_width: Option<u64>) -> Result<String, crate::C
         child.arg(format!("max_width={max_width}"));
     }
 
-    let mut child = child.spawn()?;
+    let mut child = child
+        .spawn()
+        .wrap_err("Unable to spawn rustfmt. Perhaps it is not installed?")?;
 
     {
         let child_stdin = child.stdin.as_mut().unwrap();
-        child_stdin.write_all(s.as_bytes())?;
+        child_stdin
+            .write_all(s.as_bytes())
+            .wrap_err("Unable to write the file to rustfmt")?;
     }
 
-    let output = child.wait_with_output()?;
+    let output = child
+        .wait_with_output()
+        .wrap_err("Unable to get the formatted file back from rustfmt")?;
 
     if output.status.success() && output.stderr.is_empty() {
         Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned())
     } else if output.stderr.is_empty() {
-        Err(crate::CodegenError::Other(format!(
-            "rustfmt failed with exit code {}",
-            output.status
-        )))
+        eyre::bail!("rustfmt failed with exit code {}", output.status);
     } else {
-        Err(crate::CodegenError::Other(format!(
+        eyre::bail!(
             "rustfmt failed with exit code {} and message:\n{}",
             output.status,
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).into_owned(),
-        )))
+        )
     }
 }