fix: Clearer error message for wrong plugin format (#19380)

nzakas · Tanujkanti4441 · web-flow · commit 31a9fd03d23a · 2025-02-01T13:39:45.000+01:00
* fix: Clearer error message for wrong plugin format fixes #18926 * Update messages/eslintrc-plugins.js Co-authored-by: Tanuj Kanti <86398394+Tanujkanti4441@users.noreply.github.com> * Update messages/eslintrc-plugins.js Co-authored-by: Tanuj Kanti <86398394+Tanujkanti4441@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Tanuj Kanti <86398394+Tanujkanti4441@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/messages/eslintrc-plugins.js b/messages/eslintrc-plugins.js
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ module.exports = function({ plugins }) {
     const isArrayOfStrings = typeof plugins[0] === "string";
 
     return `
-A config object has a "plugins" key defined as an array${isArrayOfStrings ? " of strings" : ""}.
+A config object has a "plugins" key defined as an array${isArrayOfStrings ? " of strings" : ""}. It looks something like this:
 
-Flat config requires "plugins" to be an object in this form:
+    {
+        "plugins": ${JSON.stringify(plugins)}
+    }
+
+Flat config requires "plugins" to be an object, like this:
 
     {
         plugins: {
