From 15f9bbec9704345801a6c9e2e3194bd368546288 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashil Gandhi <46838874+rashil2000@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 14:51:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(update): Change error message to a better instruction
 (#5677)

* fix(update): Change error message to a better instruction

* Update CHANGELOG.md
---
 CHANGELOG.md             | 1 +
 libexec/scoop-update.ps1 | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d60402c9eb..bc390b4cb9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 - **scoop-virustotal:** Fix `scoop-virustotal` when `--all` has been passed without app ([#5593](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/pull/5593))
 - **scoop-checkup:** Change the message level of helpers from ERROR to WARN ([#5549](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5614))
 - **scoop-(un)hold:** Correct output the messages when manifest not found, (already|not) held ([#5519](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5519))
+- **scoop-update:** Change error message to a better instruction ([#5677](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5677))
 
 ### Performance Improvements
 
diff --git a/libexec/scoop-update.ps1 b/libexec/scoop-update.ps1
index 3bcdcb7500..50f82090a5 100644
--- a/libexec/scoop-update.ps1
+++ b/libexec/scoop-update.ps1
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function Sync-Scoop {
                 Rename-Item $newdir 'current' -ErrorAction Stop
             } catch {
                 Write-Warning $_
-                abort "Scoop update failed. Folder in use. Paste $newdir into $currentdir."
+                abort "Scoop update failed. Folder in use. Please rename folders $currentdir to ``old`` and $newdir to ``current``."
             }
         }
     } else {