Be more helpful and tell the user how to generate a config too.

2014-11-14 13:30:06 +00:00 · 2014-11-14 13:30:06 +00:00 · fe3401e037
parent 933ce76057
commit fe3401e037
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/synapse/config/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.py
@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ class Config(object):
        if file_path is None:
            raise ConfigError(
                "Missing config for %s."
-                " You must specify a config file. You can do this with the -c or --config-path option."
+                " You must specify a path for the config file. You can "
+                "do this with the -c or --config-path option. "
+                "Adding --generate-config along with --server-name "
+                "<server name> will generate a config file at the given path."
                % (config_name,)
            )
        if not os.path.exists(file_path):