fix: improve error message

webpack · Mar 4, 2021 · c751e8f · c751e8f
1 parent 7398e0c
commit c751e8f
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/webpack-cli.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/webpack-cli.js
@@ -940,8 +940,15 @@ class WebpackCLI {
                     const command = findCommandByName(name);
 
                     if (!command) {
-                        this.logger.error(`Can't find and load command '${name}'`);
-                        this.logger.error("Run 'webpack --help' to see available commands and options");
+                        const builtInCommandUsed = externalBuiltInCommandsInfo.find(
+                            (command) => command.name.includes(name) || name === command.alias,
+                        );
+                        if (typeof builtInCommandUsed !== 'undefined') {
+                            this.logger.error(`For using '${name}' command you need to install '${builtInCommandUsed[0].pkg}' package`);
+                        } else {
+                            this.logger.error(`Can't find and load command '${name}'`);
+                            this.logger.error("Run 'webpack --help' to see available commands and options");
+                        }
                         process.exit(2);
                     }