#36968: Provide better error messages when collectstatic can't find a file
referenced in another file
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Reporter: blighj | Type: Cleanup/optimization
Status: new | Component: contrib.staticfiles
Version: 6.0 | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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At present when `ManifestStaticFilesStorage` finds a reference within a
file to another file that does not exist in the static files. It throws an
error that causes confusion. For example
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21080#comment:43
Whilenoise has already got a nice pattern to provide a clearer reason to
the user so they can fix the issue easily.
The {ext} file '{filename}' references a file which could not be
found:
{missing}
Please check the URL references in this {ext} file, particularly any
relative paths which might be pointing to the wrong location.
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