intercept and improve terminal launch error message (#135420)

microsoft · Oct 19, 2021 · c72b5c4 · c72b5c4
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diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -1376,6 +1376,9 @@ export class TerminalInstance extends Disposable implements ITerminalInstance {
 					break;
 				}
 				this._exitCode = exitCodeOrError.code;
+				if (exitCodeOrError.message.match(/.*error code:\s*\d{3}.*$/)) {
+					exitCodeOrError.message = `Invalid starting directory ${this.initialCwd}, review your terminal.integrated.cwd setting.`;
+				}
 				exitCodeMessage = nls.localize('launchFailed.errorMessage', "The terminal process failed to launch: {0}.", exitCodeOrError.message);
 				break;
 		}