Use a fake function to throw the error

Invicton-Labs · Jul 30, 2021 · 47d7354 · 47d7354
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -24,5 +24,9 @@ No changes. Your infrastructure matches the configuration.
 
 Output on Windows machines:
 ```
-Invalid value for "number" parameter: cannot parse "ERROR: This Terraform configuration can only be run on Unix-based machines." as a base 2 integer.
+// This is where you see the real error message
+var.error_message is "This Terraform configuration can only be run on Unix-based machines."
+
+// Ignore this part
+There is no function named "SEE_ABOVE_ERROR_MESSAGE".
 ```
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ terraform {
 }
 
 locals {
-  content = var.condition ? "" : abs(true ? null : "ERROR: ${var.error_message}")
+  content = var.condition ? "" : SEE_ABOVE_ERROR_MESSAGE(true ? null : "ERROR: ${var.error_message}")
 }