chore(build): better error message for bad .env configs

Author: OnkarRuikar

Diff for: libs/env/index.js

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ import { VALID_FLAW_CHECKS } from "../constants/index.js";
 const dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url));
 const ROOT = path.join(dirname, "..", "..");
 
+function parse(value) {
+  try {
+    JSON.parse(value);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(`Error parsing value '${value}' in .env file`, {
+      cause: e,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 dotenv.config({
   path: path.join(cwd(), process.env.ENV_FILE || ".env"),
 });
@@ -30,14 +40,14 @@ export const FILES = process.env.BUILD_FILES || "";
 export const FOLDERSEARCH = process.env.BUILD_FOLDERSEARCH || "";
 export const GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ACCOUNT =
   process.env.BUILD_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ACCOUNT || "";
-export const GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DEBUG = JSON.parse(
+export const GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DEBUG = parse(
   process.env.BUILD_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DEBUG || "false"
 );
 export const NO_PROGRESSBAR = Boolean(
-  JSON.parse(process.env.BUILD_NO_PROGRESSBAR || process.env.CI || "false")
+  parse(process.env.BUILD_NO_PROGRESSBAR || process.env.CI || "false")
 );
-export const FIX_FLAWS = JSON.parse(process.env.BUILD_FIX_FLAWS || "false");
-export const FIX_FLAWS_DRY_RUN = JSON.parse(
+export const FIX_FLAWS = parse(process.env.BUILD_FIX_FLAWS || "false");
+export const FIX_FLAWS_DRY_RUN = parse(
   process.env.BUILD_FIX_FLAWS_DRY_RUN || "false"
 );
 export const FIX_FLAWS_TYPES = new Set(
@@ -53,14 +63,14 @@ if ([...FIX_FLAWS_TYPES].some((flawType) => !VALID_FLAW_CHECKS.has(flawType))) {
   );
 }
 
-export const FIX_FLAWS_VERBOSE = JSON.parse(
+export const FIX_FLAWS_VERBOSE = parse(
   // It's on by default because it's such a sensible option to always have
   // on.
   process.env.BUILD_FIX_FLAWS_VERBOSE || "true"
 );
 
 // See explanation in docs/envvars.md
-export const ALWAYS_ALLOW_ROBOTS = JSON.parse(
+export const ALWAYS_ALLOW_ROBOTS = parse(
   process.env.BUILD_ALWAYS_ALLOW_ROBOTS || "false"
 );
 
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ function correctContentPathFromEnv(envVarName) {
 // filecheck
 // ---------
 
-export const MAX_FILE_SIZE = JSON.parse(
+export const MAX_FILE_SIZE = parse(
   process.env.FILECHECK_MAX_FILE_SIZE || 500 * 1024 // 500KiB
 );
 
@@ -161,7 +171,7 @@ export const PROXY_HOSTNAME =
 export const CONTENT_HOSTNAME = process.env.SERVER_CONTENT_HOST;
 export const OFFLINE_CONTENT = process.env.SERVER_OFFLINE_CONTENT === "true";
 
-export const FAKE_V1_API = JSON.parse(process.env.SERVER_FAKE_V1_API || false);
+export const FAKE_V1_API = parse(process.env.SERVER_FAKE_V1_API || false);
 
 // ----
 // tool