Improve astro add deps error reporting (#9593)

withastro · Jan 4, 2024 · 3b4e629 · 3b4e629
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diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-socks-rescue.md b/.changeset/afraid-socks-rescue.md
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+---
+"astro": patch
+---
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+Improves `astro add` error reporting when the dependencies fail to install
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/cli/add/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/add/index.ts
@@ -732,11 +732,12 @@ async function tryToInstallIntegrations({
 				);
 				spinner.succeed();
 				return UpdateResult.updated;
-			} catch (err) {
+			} catch (err: any) {
 				spinner.fail();
 				logger.debug('add', 'Error installing dependencies', err);
+				// NOTE: `err.stdout` can be an empty string, so log the full error instead for a more helpful log
 				// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-				console.error('\n', (err as any).stdout, '\n');
+				console.error('\n', err.stdout || err.message, '\n');
 				return UpdateResult.failure;
 			}
 		} else {