terraform show does not work when remote state is in use

[bitglue]

To reproduce:

• Start with some configuration. Any configuration.
• Configure remote state. For example, terraform remote config -backend=s3 -backend-config="bucket=some_bucket" -backend-config="key=some_key"
• Apply the configuration.
• Run terraform show.

Observed: Terraform exits with the message "No state." and status 0.

Expected: The same behavior that terraform show would normally have, which is to output all the resources and outputs that exist in the state file.

[hobbeswalsh]

👍 I just ran into the same bug; I'm using the S3 backend.

[hobbeswalsh]

However, I did notice that terraform remote pull puts the state in the .terraform/ directory, which is good enough for all intents and purposes.

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