Added specific exit-code for "missing programmer" kind of errors.

arduino/errors.go

@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ func (e *MissingProgrammerError) Error() string {
 
 // ToRPCStatus converts the error into a *status.Status
 func (e *MissingProgrammerError) ToRPCStatus() *status.Status {
-	return status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, e.Error())
+	s, _ := status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, e.Error()).WithDetails(&rpc.MissingProgrammerError{})
+	return s
 }
 
 // ProgrammerRequiredForUploadError is returned when the upload can be done only using a programmer

commands/daemon/debug.go

@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ func (s *ArduinoCoreServerImpl) Debug(stream rpc.ArduinoCoreService_DebugServer)
 
 // GetDebugConfig return metadata about a debug session
 func (s *ArduinoCoreServerImpl) GetDebugConfig(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.GetDebugConfigRequest) (*rpc.GetDebugConfigResponse, error) {
-	return cmd.GetDebugConfig(ctx, req)
+	res, err := cmd.GetDebugConfig(ctx, req)
+	return res, convertErrorToRPCStatus(err)
 }

internal/cli/burnbootloader/burnbootloader.go

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ package burnbootloader
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/upload"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/i18n"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/cli/arguments"
@@ -82,7 +84,14 @@ func runBootloaderCommand(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		Programmer: programmer.String(instance, fqbn.String()),
 		DryRun:     dryRun,
 	}, stdOut, stdErr); err != nil {
-		feedback.Fatal(tr("Error during Upload: %v", err), feedback.ErrGeneric)
+		errcode := feedback.ErrGeneric
+		if errors.Is(err, &arduino.ProgrammerRequiredForUploadError{}) {
+			errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+		}
+		if errors.Is(err, &arduino.MissingProgrammerError{}) {
+			errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+		}
+		feedback.Fatal(tr("Error during Upload: %v", err), errcode)
 	}
 	feedback.PrintResult(res())
 }

internal/cli/compile/compile.go

@@ -281,7 +281,14 @@ func runCompileCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		}
 
 		if res, err := upload.Upload(context.Background(), uploadRequest, stdOut, stdErr); err != nil {
-			feedback.Fatal(tr("Error during Upload: %v", err), feedback.ErrGeneric)
+			errcode := feedback.ErrGeneric
+			if errors.Is(err, &arduino.ProgrammerRequiredForUploadError{}) {
+				errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+			}
+			if errors.Is(err, &arduino.MissingProgrammerError{}) {
+				errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+			}
+			feedback.Fatal(tr("Error during Upload: %v", err), errcode)
 		} else {
 			uploadRes = res
 		}

internal/cli/debug/debug.go

@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ package debug
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/debug"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/sketch"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/i18n"
@@ -93,7 +95,11 @@ func runDebugCommand(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if printInfo {
 
 		if res, err := debug.GetDebugConfig(context.Background(), debugConfigRequested); err != nil {
-			feedback.Fatal(tr("Error getting Debug info: %v", err), feedback.ErrBadArgument)
+			errcode := feedback.ErrBadArgument
+			if errors.Is(err, &arduino.MissingProgrammerError{}) {
+				errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+			}
+			feedback.Fatal(tr("Error getting Debug info: %v", err), errcode)
 		} else {
 			feedback.PrintResult(newDebugInfoResult(res))
 		}
@@ -109,7 +115,11 @@ func runDebugCommand(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			feedback.FatalError(err, feedback.ErrBadArgument)
 		}
 		if _, err := debug.Debug(context.Background(), debugConfigRequested, in, out, ctrlc); err != nil {
-			feedback.Fatal(tr("Error during Debug: %v", err), feedback.ErrGeneric)
+			errcode := feedback.ErrGeneric
+			if errors.Is(err, &arduino.MissingProgrammerError{}) {
+				errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+			}
+			feedback.Fatal(tr("Error during Debug: %v", err), errcode)
 		}
 
 	}

internal/cli/feedback/errorcodes.go

@@ -53,4 +53,7 @@ const (
 	// ErrInitializingInventory is returned when the inventory cannot be initialized,
 	// usually depends on a wrong configuration of the data dir (10)
 	ErrInitializingInventory
+
+	// ErrMissingProgrammer is returned when the programmer argument is missing (11)
+	ErrMissingProgrammer
 )

internal/cli/upload/upload.go

@@ -193,7 +193,14 @@ func runUploadCommand(args []string, uploadFieldsArgs map[string]string) {
 		UserFields: fields,
 	}
 	if res, err := upload.Upload(context.Background(), req, stdOut, stdErr); err != nil {
-		feedback.FatalError(err, feedback.ErrGeneric)
+		errcode := feedback.ErrGeneric
+		if errors.Is(err, &arduino.ProgrammerRequiredForUploadError{}) {
+			errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+		}
+		if errors.Is(err, &arduino.MissingProgrammerError{}) {
+			errcode = feedback.ErrMissingProgrammer
+		}
+		feedback.FatalError(err, errcode)
 	} else {
 		io := stdIOResult()
 		feedback.PrintResult(&uploadResult{