Improve nilpointer error message

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/herrors/errors.go b/common/herrors/errors.go
index 59739a86a..7c389c1ae 100644
--- a/common/herrors/errors.go
+++ b/common/herrors/errors.go
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -116,3 +118,22 @@ func IsNotExist(err error) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+var nilPointerErrRe = regexp.MustCompile(`at <(.*)>: error calling (.*?): runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference`)
+
+func ImproveIfNilPointer(inErr error) (outErr error) {
+	outErr = inErr
+
+	m := nilPointerErrRe.FindStringSubmatch(inErr.Error())
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	call := m[1]
+	field := m[2]
+	parts := strings.Split(call, ".")
+	receiverName := parts[len(parts)-2]
+	receiver := strings.Join(parts[:len(parts)-1], ".")
+	s := fmt.Sprintf("– %s is nil; wrap it in if or with: {{ with %s }}{{ .%s }}{{ end }}", receiverName, receiver, field)
+	outErr = errors.New(nilPointerErrRe.ReplaceAllString(inErr.Error(), s))
+	return
+}