Fix error messages when tsd fails

source/cli.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import meow from 'meow';
+import {TsdError} from './lib/interfaces';
 import formatter from './lib/formatter';
 import tsd from './lib';
 
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ const exit = (message: string, {isError = true}: {isError?: boolean} = {}) => {
 		}
 	} catch (error: unknown) {
 		const potentialError = error as Error | undefined;
+
+		if (potentialError instanceof TsdError) {
+			exit(potentialError.message);
+		}
+
 		const errorMessage = potentialError?.stack ?? potentialError?.message ?? 'tsd unexpectedly crashed.';
 
 		exit(`Error running tsd:\n${errorMessage}`);

source/lib/index.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import globby from 'globby';
 import {getDiagnostics as getTSDiagnostics} from './compiler';
 import loadConfig from './config';
 import getCustomDiagnostics from './rules';
-import {Context, Config, Diagnostic, PackageJsonWithTsdConfig} from './interfaces';
+import {Context, Config, Diagnostic, PackageJsonWithTsdConfig, TsdError} from './interfaces';
 
 export interface Options {
 	cwd: string;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const findTypingsFile = async (pkg: PackageJsonWithTsdConfig, options: Options):
 	const typingsExist = await pathExists(typingsPath);
 
 	if (!typingsExist) {
-		throw new Error(`The type definition \`${typings}\` does not exist at \`${typingsPath}\`. Is the path correct? Create one and try again.`);
+		throw new TsdError(`The type definition \`${typings}\` does not exist at \`${typingsPath}\`. Is the path correct? Create one and try again.`);
 	}
 
 	return typings;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const findCustomTestFiles = async (testFilesPattern: readonly string[], cwd: str
 	const testFiles = await globby(testFilesPattern, {cwd});
 
 	if (testFiles.length === 0) {
-		throw new Error('Could not find any test files with the given pattern(s). Create one and try again.');
+		throw new TsdError('Could not find any test files with the given pattern(s). Create one and try again.');
 	}
 
 	return testFiles.map(file => path.join(cwd, file));
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const findTestFiles = async (typingsFilePath: string, options: Options & {config
 	const testDirExists = await pathExists(path.join(options.cwd, testDir));
 
 	if (testFiles.length === 0 && !testDirExists) {
-		throw new Error(`The test file \`${testFile}\` or \`${tsxTestFile}\` does not exist in \`${options.cwd}\`. Create one and try again.`);
+		throw new TsdError(`The test file \`${testFile}\` or \`${tsxTestFile}\` does not exist in \`${options.cwd}\`. Create one and try again.`);
 	}
 
 	if (testFiles.length === 0) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export default async (options: Options = {cwd: process.cwd()}): Promise<Diagnost
 	const pkgResult = await readPkgUp({cwd: options.cwd});
 
 	if (!pkgResult) {
-		throw new Error(`No \`package.json\` file found in \`${options.cwd}\`. Make sure you are running the command in a Node.js project.`);
+		throw new TsdError(`No \`package.json\` file found in \`${options.cwd}\`. Make sure you are running the command in a Node.js project.`);
 	}
 
 	const pkg = pkgResult.packageJson as PackageJsonWithTsdConfig;

source/lib/interfaces.ts

@@ -71,3 +71,10 @@ export interface Location {
 	start: number;
 	end: number;
 }
+
+export class TsdError extends Error {
+	constructor(message: string) {
+		super(message);
+		this.name = this.constructor.name;
+	}
+}

source/test/cli.ts

@@ -191,3 +191,12 @@ test('warnings are reported with errors', async t => {
 		'1 error',
 	]);
 });
+
+test('tsd failures (not crashes) report only the message', async t => {
+	const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/no-tsd');
+
+	const {exitCode, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync<ExecaError>(execa('../../../cli.js', {cwd}));
+
+	t.is(exitCode, 1);
+	t.is(stderr, `The type definition \`index.d.ts\` does not exist at \`${cwd}/index.d.ts\`. Is the path correct? Create one and try again.`);
+});

source/test/test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import test from 'ava';
 import {verify, verifyWithFileName} from './fixtures/utils';
 import tsd from '..';
-import {Diagnostic} from '../lib/interfaces';
+import {Diagnostic, TsdError} from '../lib/interfaces';
 
 test('throw if no type definition was found', async t => {
 	const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/no-tsd');
@@ -427,3 +427,14 @@ test('parsing undefined symbol should not fail', async t => {
 
 	verify(t, diagnostics, []);
 });
+
+test('custom tsd errors are created correctly', t => {
+	const tsdError = t.throws<TsdError>(() => {
+		throw new TsdError('foo');
+	});
+
+	t.true(tsdError instanceof Error);
+	t.true(tsdError instanceof TsdError);
+	t.is(tsdError.name, 'TsdError');
+	t.is(tsdError.message, 'foo');
+});