parcel-bundler/parcel

Different error message for disabled autoinstall

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#6,165 opened on Apr 22, 2021

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:bug: BugAutoinstallGood First Issue✨ Parcel 2

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Description

🐛 bug report

At the moment, the error message for parcel build --no-autoinstall and

  • a missing parcel plugin specified in the config that usually would get autoinstalled (e.g. the SASS transformer) or
  • packageManager.resolve and packageManager.require

is just Cannot find module foo, did you mean bar.

In this case, it should say something along the lines of Autoinstall is disabled, please install foo yourself.

Relevant code

https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel/blob/3baf990a686d1c1dd0c5f4360296de890cc00c47/packages/core/core/src/loadParcelPlugin.js#L82-L126

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Research direction
Examine the linked code in loadParcelPlugin.js and modify the error message to provide a specific hint when autoinstall is disabled, indicating the user should install the plugin manually.
Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
build systemcli
Issue type
Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
Prerequisites
Node.jsParcel plugin system
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75