Merge pull request #107 from algorandfoundation/feat/improved-error-r…

…eporting

fix: improve command error handling

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/algorandfoundation/nodekit/api"
 	"github.com/algorandfoundation/nodekit/cmd/utils/explanations"
 	"github.com/algorandfoundation/nodekit/internal/algod"
@@ -20,8 +21,7 @@ func WithInvalidResponsesExplanations(err error, response api.ResponseInterface,
 	}
 	if response.StatusCode() > 300 {
 		log.Fatal(
-			style.Red.Render("failed to get status: error code %d")+"\n\n"+explanations.TokenNotAdmin+"\n"+postFix,
-			response.StatusCode())
+			style.Red.Render(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get status: error code %d", response.StatusCode())) + "\n\n" + explanations.TokenNotAdmin + "\n" + postFix)
 	}
 }
 

internal/system/cmds.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package system
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/algorandfoundation/nodekit/ui/style"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
@@ -11,9 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-// CmdFailedErrorMsg is a formatted error message used to detail command failures, including output and the associated error.
-const CmdFailedErrorMsg = "command failed: %s output: %s error: %v"
-
 // IsSudo checks if the process is running with root privileges by verifying the effective user ID is 0.
 func IsSudo() bool {
 	return os.Geteuid() == 0
@@ -60,9 +58,24 @@ func RunAll(list CmdsList) error {
 		log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", style.Green.Render("Running"), strings.Join(args, " ")))
 		cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
 		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", style.Red.Render("Failed"), strings.Join(args, " ")))
-			return fmt.Errorf(CmdFailedErrorMsg, strings.Join(args, " "), output, err)
+			var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+			if errors.As(err, &exitErr) {
+				// Get Stderr when possible
+				if exitErr.Stderr != nil {
+					log.Error(exitErr.Stderr)
+				} else {
+					// Report the output
+					log.Error(strings.TrimSuffix(string(output), "\n"))
+				}
+
+			} else {
+				// Log the regular errors
+				log.Error(err)
+			}
+			// Alert the User
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", style.Red.Render("Failed"), strings.Join(args, " "))
 		}
 
 	}