From fb2d8590ca452eeb9319a7adc621f54d941225f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan E-K <stefan.eideloth@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 13:42:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): better error message for tsconfig error

---
 .changeset/rich-sloths-sort.md    | 5 +++++
 packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/rich-sloths-sort.md

diff --git a/.changeset/rich-sloths-sort.md b/.changeset/rich-sloths-sort.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..addbae15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rich-sloths-sort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"solidui-cli": patch
+---
+
+fix: trying to read a malformed tsconfig.json now exits and shows a better error message
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
index 1d055862..f1be7356 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,12 @@ function writeTsconfig(alias: string) {
   indicator.start("Configuring your tsconfig.json")
 
   readJsonFile(process.cwd() + "/tsconfig.json", (error, data) => {
-    if (error) log.error("Something went wrong while configuring your tsconfig.json")
+    if (error) {
+      log.error(
+        "Something went wrong while configuring your tsconfig.json. Please make sure it is formatted correctly and doesn't contain any comments."
+      )
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
 
     const tsconfigData = data as Record<string, { paths: Record<string, unknown> }>