Merge pull request #587 from Accenture/586-task-warning-about-skippin…

…g-folder-creation-confusing #586: enhance folder log message to reduce confusion
Accenture · Dec 7, 2022 · be0d81c · be0d81c
2 parents 3ab19ae + 1ff2e6e
commit be0d81c
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/Deployer.js b/lib/Deployer.js
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@ class Deployer {
         const allowedDeFolderContentTypes = ['dataextension', 'shared_dataextension'];
         for (const metadataType of metadataTypeArr) {
             if (!MetadataTypeInfo[metadataType].definition.dependencies.includes('folder')) {
-                Util.logger.debug(` ☇ skipping ${metadataType}: folder not a dependency`);
+                Util.logger.debug(` ☇ skipping ${metadataType} folders: folder not a dependency`);
                 continue;
             }
             if (!MetadataTypeInfo[metadataType].definition.folderType) {
-                Util.logger.debug(` ☇ skipping ${metadataType}: folderType not set`);
+                Util.logger.debug(` ☇ skipping ${metadataType} folders: folderType not set`);
                 continue;
             }
             if (
@@ -341,11 +341,13 @@ class Deployer {
                 )
             ) {
                 Util.logger.warn(
-                    ` ☇ skipping ${metadataType}: folderType ${MetadataTypeInfo[metadataType].definition.folderType} not supported for deployment`
+                    ` ☇ skipping ${metadataType} folders: folderType ${MetadataTypeInfo[metadataType].definition.folderType} not supported for deployment. Please consider creating folders for this type manually as a pre-deployment step, if you see errors about missing dependent folders for this type later in this log.`
                 );
                 continue;
             }
-            Util.logger.debug(`Creating relevant folders for ${metadataType} in deploy dir`);
+            Util.logger.debug(
+                ` - create ${metadataType} folders: Creating relevant folders in deploy dir`
+            );
 
             const allFolders = Object.keys(metadata[metadataType])
                 .filter(