From 8ae348d68694a0c66eae3e76185e074663657d4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hoang <enzime@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 01:55:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] vars: improve messaging

---
 nixosModules/clanCore/vars/interface.nix      | 2 +-
 nixosModules/clanCore/vars/public/in_repo.nix | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/interface.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/interface.nix
index d58634f1c..b154f7f17 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/interface.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/interface.nix
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ in
                       description = ''
                         Whether the file should be deployed to the target machine.
 
-                        Enable this if the generated file is only used as an input to other generators.
+                        Disable this if the generated file is only used as an input to other generators.
                       '';
                       type = bool;
                       default = true;
diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/public/in_repo.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/public/in_repo.nix
index c500f5c35..5551d515c 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/public/in_repo.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/vars/public/in_repo.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ in
           readFile file.config.path
         else
           # if the file is not found, we want to downgrade the priority, to allow overriding via mkDefault
-          mkOptionDefault (throw "File not found: ${file.config.path}")
+          mkOptionDefault (
+            throw "Please run `clan vars generate ${config.clan.core.settings.machine.name}` as file was not found: ${file.config.path}"
+          )
       );
     };
   };