[GRADLE-2377] improve error message for checkstyle plugin Created: 11/Jul/12  Updated: 10/Feb/17  Resolved: 10/Feb/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: 1.0
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement
Reporter: Szczepan Faber Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 0


 Description   

When someone aplies the 'checkstyle' plugin and run 'gradle check' he sees following error:

A problem was found with the configuration of task ':checkstyleMain'.
> File '/Users/szczepan/gradle/webinar/cacheDemo/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml' specified for property 'configFile' does not exist.

We should print something more user-friendly, like 'you forgot to configure the xxx, please refer to the documentation here, etc.'

 Comments   
Comment by Peter Niederwieser [ 14/Jul/12 ]

This is the standard message for an @InputFile property. I think we should first introduce a better general validation mechanism before tackling individual messages.

Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 10/Feb/17 ]

Thanks again for reporting this issue. We haven't heard back from you after our inquiry from November 15th. We are closing this issue now. Please create an issue on GitHub if you still feel passionate about getting it resolved.

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