From ed3b616673cb00c6b9a5d8c2bec95e81385c3fa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Morley <501702+edmorley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 19:12:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Output a helpful error message when no static.json is found
 (#202)

The error message is now output to `stderr` otherwise it's not shown.

Closes GUS-W-8799430.
Refs #198.
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 bin/detect   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a85808d..5bad32fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* [#202](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-static/pull/202) Output a helpful error message when no `static.json` is found
 
 ## v6 (2020-12-09)
 
diff --git a/bin/detect b/bin/detect
index d604f47d..fb9d3ce8 100755
--- a/bin/detect
+++ b/bin/detect
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 build_dir=$1
 
 if [ ! -f "$build_dir/static.json" ]; then
+    echo "Could not find 'static.json'! Please ensure it exists and is checked into Git." >&2
     exit 1
 fi