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authorPaul "LeoNerd" Evans <paul@matrix.org>2014-11-17 16:59:24 +0000
committerPaul "LeoNerd" Evans <paul@matrix.org>2014-11-17 16:59:24 +0000
commit31a049eb692d37387a2db972da754f7ec56218c7 (patch)
tree9e5f47abad904d30c08d2f340b543a631e436894 /synapse/config/_base.py
parentInclude room membership in room initialSync (diff)
parentSYN-148: Add the alias after creating the room (diff)
downloadsynapse-31a049eb692d37387a2db972da754f7ec56218c7.tar.xz
Merge branch 'develop' into room-initial-sync
Conflicts:
	synapse/handlers/message.py
Diffstat (limited to 'synapse/config/_base.py')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/config/_base.py b/synapse/config/_base.py
index 8ebd2eba4a..6870af10e8 100644
--- a/synapse/config/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ class Config(object):
         if file_path is None:
             raise ConfigError(
                 "Missing config for %s."
-                " Try running again with --generate-config"
+                " You must specify a path for the config file. You can "
+                "do this with the -c or --config-path option. "
+                "Adding --generate-config along with --server-name "
+                "<server name> will generate a config file at the given path."
                 % (config_name,)
             )
         if not os.path.exists(file_path):