Error Handling when TERM variable is invalid

Author: cattyman919

pkg/app/errors.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package app
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/i18n"
@@ -31,6 +33,14 @@ func knownError(tr *i18n.TranslationSet, err error) (string, bool) {
 			originalError: "getwd: no such file or directory",
 			newError:      tr.WorkingDirectoryDoesNotExist,
 		},
+		{
+			originalError: "terminal entry not found: term not set",
+			newError:      tr.TermNotSet,
+		},
+		{
+			originalError: "$TERM Not Found",
+			newError:      fmt.Sprintf(tr.TermNotFound, os.Getenv("TERM")),
+		},
 	}
 
 	if mapping, ok := lo.Find(mappings, func(mapping errorMapping) bool {

pkg/gui/gui.go

@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ func (gui *Gui) initGocui(headless bool, test integrationTypes.IntegrationTest)
 		Height:           height,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
+		if err.Error() == "exit status 1" {
+			err = errors.New("$TERM Not Found")
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

pkg/i18n/english.go

@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	StashOptions                          string
 	NotARepository                        string
 	WorkingDirectoryDoesNotExist          string
+	TermNotSet                            string
+	TermNotFound                          string
 	ScrollLeft                            string
 	ScrollRight                           string
 	DiscardPatch                          string
@@ -1583,6 +1585,8 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() *TranslationSet {
 		StashOptions:                         "Stash options",
 		NotARepository:                       "Error: must be run inside a git repository",
 		WorkingDirectoryDoesNotExist:         "Error: the current working directory does not exist",
+		TermNotSet:                           "Error: TERM environment variable not set.",
+		TermNotFound:                         "Error: could not find terminal info for $TERM '%s'. Please check your TERM variable is set correctly.",
 		ScrollLeft:                           "Scroll left",
 		ScrollRight:                          "Scroll right",
 		DiscardPatch:                         "Discard patch",