Merge pull request #5935 from NomicFoundation/better-esm-error-message

Better ESM-only error message.
NomicFoundation · Nov 7, 2024 · bacea43 · bacea43
2 parents ae4c8b1 + 3f10551
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diff --git a/v-next/hardhat/src/internal/cli/main.ts b/v-next/hardhat/src/internal/cli/main.ts
@@ -585,7 +585,12 @@ async function printEsmErrorMessageIfNecessary(
   if (packageJson.type !== "module") {
     print(`Hardhat only supports ESM projects.
 
-Please make sure you have \`"type": "module"\` in your package.json`);
+Please make sure you have \`"type": "module"\` in your package.json.
+
+You can set it automatically by running:
+
+npm pkg set type="module"
+`);
 
     return true;
   }