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Terraform v0.12.8

Terraform Configuration Files

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module "aws_global" {
  providers = {
    aws.global = aws
  }
  source = "../modules/aws-data/global"

  env     = var.env
  product = var.product
}

Note that the correct source is source = "../../../modules/aws-data/global"

Crash Output

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terraform init
Initializing modules...
- ssai.api in ssai/api
- ssai.api.aws_global in
- ssai.api.names in ../modules/names

Error: Unreadable module directory

Unable to evaluate directory symlink: lstat ssai/modules: no such file or
directory


Error: Failed to read module directory

Module directory  does not exist or cannot be read.

Note that the crash is much more verbose and repetitive than this, but this is the relevant part.

Expected Behavior

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I would expect the output to have the full address of the module that failed to load - in brief, something like this:

Error: Unreadable module directory

Failed to load module ssai.api.aws_global: Unable to evaluate directory symlink: lstat ssai/modules: no such file or directory

Another thing that could be improved is that the errors are repeated for every level of module nesting until it reaches the top. I don't know how your logging is structured, but if possible I think it would make sense to coalesce all the errors into one error that is printed at the top level that then has the full context I'm suggesting, rather than repeating the same error with no context.

Actual Behavior

See crash log

Steps to Reproduce

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• Create a series of nested modules
• Set a nested module with an incorrect source
• Run terraform init
• Resulting crash will not have a clear context on which module had an incorrect source

An example of this done right is when a provider is missing:

Initializing provider plugins...

Terraform has been successfully initialized!

Error: missing provider module.ssai.module.ssai.provider.aws