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Displaying CLI errors with Notifier CLI

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
cli, documentation

Research direction

Read README.md and its existing static-message examples first. Reproduce the Node Sass syntax error under an NPM watch script, then determine whether dynamic error formatting can be documented with the current CLI or needs a CLI change; done means the path for showing that error in a notifier notification is clear.

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Description

It's not clear to me how to properly format an error message with this tool. The README.md gives examples of static messages but not for dynamic.

For example, I'm running Node Sass using a NPM watch script. When a syntax error shows up in my terminal, there's no clear way to display it in the notifier. I'm not sure how to build a use error handling to pipe the error into the Notifier notification.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
153
Forks
16
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

This project ships no dev container, Dockerfile or contributing guide, so setting up is up to you: start from its README, and see our first-contribution guide for the general steps.

First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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