Improve no snapshot found message

l2beat · Nov 5, 2024 · f68b2ba · f68b2ba
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diff --git a/packages/earl/src/validators/snapshots/toMatchSnapshot.test.ts b/packages/earl/src/validators/snapshots/toMatchSnapshot.test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ describe(toMatchSnapshot.name, () => {
     it('fails when a value is not present in the snapshot', () => {
       expect(() => {
         earl('baz').toMatchSnapshot(mochaContext('unknown'))
-      }).to.throw('No snapshot was found. Snapshots cannot be generated on CI.')
+      }).to.throw(
+        'No snapshot was found. Snapshots cannot be generated on CI. Run tests locally to generate snapshots.',
+      )
     })
 
     it('cannot be set to update on ci', () => {

diff --git a/packages/earl/src/validators/snapshots/toMatchSnapshot.ts b/packages/earl/src/validators/snapshots/toMatchSnapshot.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function toMatchSnapshot(control: Control, context: TestContext) {
   } else if (snapshot.expected === undefined) {
     control.assert({
       success: false,
-      reason: 'No snapshot was found. Snapshots cannot be generated on CI.',
+      reason: 'No snapshot was found. Snapshots cannot be generated on CI. Run tests locally to generate snapshots.',
       negatedReason: '',
       actual,
       expected: undefined,