From 8f4b1050c4de0e9194680408ff3a6902b67045f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kornel <kornel@geekhood.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:18:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(cli): show full expected path of `frontendDist` if not
 found (#9459)

* feat(cli): show full expected path of frontendDist
---
 .changes/cli-frontend-dist-expected-path.md | 6 ++++++
 tooling/cli/src/build.rs                    | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changes/cli-frontend-dist-expected-path.md

diff --git a/.changes/cli-frontend-dist-expected-path.md b/.changes/cli-frontend-dist-expected-path.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80b85c913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cli-frontend-dist-expected-path.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch
+---
+
+Show full expected path of `frontendDist` when if can't be found.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/build.rs b/tooling/cli/src/build.rs
index 2ba6c6c6e..6556a9322 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/build.rs
@@ -175,9 +175,14 @@ pub fn setup(
 
   if let Some(FrontendDist::Directory(web_asset_path)) = &config_.build.frontend_dist {
     if !web_asset_path.exists() {
+      let absolute_path = web_asset_path
+        .parent()
+        .and_then(|p| p.canonicalize().ok())
+        .map(|p| p.join(web_asset_path.file_name().unwrap()))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| std::env::current_dir().unwrap().join(web_asset_path));
       return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
-          "Unable to find your web assets, did you forget to build your web app? Your frontendDist is set to \"{:?}\".",
-          web_asset_path
+          "Unable to find your web assets, did you forget to build your web app? Your frontendDist is set to \"{}\" (which is `{}`).",
+          web_asset_path.display(), absolute_path.display(),
         ));
     }
     if web_asset_path.canonicalize()?.file_name() == Some(std::ffi::OsStr::new("src-tauri")) {