From 4076574f52c819a6e5f87ea6ef697a49af902c61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ola Okelola <10857143+lolopinto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 18:49:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update error (#1857)

---
 docker_CHANGELOG.md                  | 4 ++++
 internal/schema/schema.go            | 2 +-
 internal/schema/schema_input_test.go | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docker_CHANGELOG.md b/docker_CHANGELOG.md
index 980d57f36..a1a11e5cd 100644
--- a/docker_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docker_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Changelog for the npm version are [here](/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Updated error when there's duplicate names in generated GraphQL Schema (#1857)
+
 ## [0.2.0-alpha.9] - 2024-11-11
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/internal/schema/schema.go b/internal/schema/schema.go
index b27ba9dd2..9552ae0d2 100644
--- a/internal/schema/schema.go
+++ b/internal/schema/schema.go
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ func (s *Schema) loadExistingEdges() (*assocEdgeData, error) {
 // ExposeToGraphQL() bool
 func (s *Schema) addGQLType(name string) error {
 	if s.gqlTypeMap[name] {
-		return fmt.Errorf("there's already an entity with GraphQL name %s", name)
+		return fmt.Errorf("there's already an entity with GraphQL name %s. Maybe Node and Pattern with the same name?", name)
 	}
 	s.gqlTypeMap[name] = true
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/schema/schema_input_test.go b/internal/schema/schema_input_test.go
index ed34b3a9f..dac291e2b 100644
--- a/internal/schema/schema_input_test.go
+++ b/internal/schema/schema_input_test.go
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ func TestDuplicateNames(t *testing.T) {
 
 	schema, err := schema.ParseFromInputSchema(&codegenapi.DummyConfig{}, inputSchema, base.GoLang)
 	require.Nil(t, schema)
-	require.Equal(t, err.Error(), "there's already an entity with GraphQL name ProfileType")
+	require.Equal(t, err.Error(), "there's already an entity with GraphQL name ProfileType. Maybe Node and Pattern with the same name?")
 }
 
 func TestMultipleActionsHiddenFromGraphQL(t *testing.T) {