From 3b4e629ac8c2fdb4b491bf01abc7794e2e100173 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjorn Lu <bjornlu.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 19:16:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve astro add deps error reporting (#9593)

---
 .changeset/afraid-socks-rescue.md   | 5 +++++
 packages/astro/src/cli/add/index.ts | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/afraid-socks-rescue.md

diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-socks-rescue.md b/.changeset/afraid-socks-rescue.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5a9c587e526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-socks-rescue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+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
index 1240e67deed0..74a4f73626f2 100644
--- 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 {