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Make bundle command error more actionable if run without databricks.yml #5953

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Make bundle command error more actionable if run without databricks.yml
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions .nextchanges/bundles/warn-for-missing-databricks-yml.md
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Provide an actionable error message if databricks.yml is missing ([#5953](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/5953)).
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion acceptance/bundle/run/inline-script/no-bundle/output.txt
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>>> [CLI] bundle run -- echo hello
Error: unable to locate bundle root: databricks.yml not found
Error: unable to locate bundle root: databricks.yml not found. Run 'databricks bundle init' to create a bundle, or run this command from a directory that already contains one


Exit code: 1
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion acceptance/bundle/run/inline-script/no-separator/output.txt
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>>> [CLI] bundle run echo hello
Error: unable to locate bundle root: databricks.yml not found
Error: unable to locate bundle root: databricks.yml not found. Run 'databricks bundle init' to create a bundle, or run this command from a directory that already contains one


Exit code: 1
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion bundle/root.go
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return "", fmt.Errorf(`unable to locate bundle root: %s not found`, config.FileNames[0])
return "", fmt.Errorf(`unable to locate bundle root: %s not found. Run 'databricks bundle init' to create a bundle, or run this command from a directory that already contains one`, config.FileNames[0])
}

// mustGetRoot returns a bundle root or an error if one cannot be found.
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