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Author SHA1 Message Date
Alisdair McDiarmid 4991cc4835 cli: Improve error for invalid -target flags
Errors encountered when parsing flags for apply, plan, and refresh were
being suppressed. This resulted in a generic usage error when using an
invalid `-target` flag.

This commit makes several changes to address this. First, these commands
now output the flag parse error before exiting, leaving at least some
hint about the error. You can verify this manually with something like:

    terraform apply -invalid-flag

We also change how target attributes are parsed, moving the
responsibility from the flags instance to the command. This allows us to
customize the diagnostic output to be more user friendly. The
diagnostics now look like:

```shellsession
$ terraform apply -no-color -target=foo

Error: Invalid target "foo"

Resource specification must include a resource type and name.
```

Finally, we add test coverage for both parsing of target flags, and at
the command level for successful use of resource targeting. These tests
focus on the UI output (via the change summary and refresh logs), as the
functionality of targeting is covered by the context tests in the
terraform package.
2021-02-08 13:48:04 -05:00
Radek Simko 5b9f2fafc8 Standardise directory name for test data 2019-06-30 10:16:15 +02:00