From e1b1b48840b8c96e45a567a47922138544ab9f59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jdx <216188+jdx@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:28:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: show more accurate error if no tasks are available

---
 src/cli/run.rs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cli/run.rs b/src/cli/run.rs
index ca13cf6b0a..124d0037db 100644
--- a/src/cli/run.rs
+++ b/src/cli/run.rs
@@ -675,6 +675,12 @@ impl Run {
     }
 
     fn err_no_task(&self, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        if CONFIG.tasks().is_ok_and(|t| t.is_empty()) {
+            bail!(
+                "no tasks defined in {}. Are you in a project directory?",
+                display_path(dirs::CWD.clone().unwrap_or_default())
+            );
+        }
         if let Some(cwd) = &*dirs::CWD {
             let includes = CONFIG.task_includes_for_dir(cwd);
             let path = includes