From 14bf2eb26d312218a9714655e3d9fba311bd1862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kavanagh <jackkav@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:55:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve cli tracing (#8053)

---
 packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/adapters/git-adapter.ts | 10 +++++++---
 packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/index.ts                |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/adapters/git-adapter.ts b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/adapters/git-adapter.ts
index c2f3083692f..ed6114dec36 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/adapters/git-adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/adapters/git-adapter.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ const gitAdapter: DbAdapter = async (dir, filterTypes) => {
   if (!dir) {
     return null;
   }
-  const workspaceFolder = path.join(dir, '.insomnia', 'Workspace');
+  const insomniaFolder = path.join(dir, '.insomnia');
+  let files = null;
   try {
-    await fs.promises.readdir(workspaceFolder);
+    files = await fs.promises.readdir(insomniaFolder);
   } catch (error) {
-  // console.error(`Failed to read "${workspaceFolder}"`, error);
+    if (files?.length === 0) {
+      console.error(`.insomnia folder found at "${insomniaFolder}"
+        but no files found inside. Ensure your workingDir is correct.`);
+    }
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/index.ts b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/index.ts
index 29f858a75a7..89a34e44807 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/index.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/index.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ export const loadDb = async ({
 
   logger.warn(
     `No git, app data store or Insomnia V4 export file found at path "${pathToSearch}",
-      re-run --verbose to see tracing information`,
+     --workingDir/-w should point to a git repository root, an Insomnia export file or a directory containing Insomnia data.
+      re-run with --verbose to see tracing information`,
   );
 
   return emptyDb();