SNOW-1639627: snow init Fails With Error

[sfc-gh-cwiese]

SnowCLI version

Snowflake CLI version: 2.7.0

Python version

Python 3.11.9

Platform

macOS-14.6.1-arm64-arm-64bit

What happened

snow init foo fails with error Template does not have template.yml file.. snow snowpark init foo succeeds.

Console output

(snow_globe) cwiese@LQ7YYTJ905 snow_globe % snow init foo         
╭─ Error ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Template does not have template.yml file.                                                                                                                                                        │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
(snow_globe) cwiese@LQ7YYTJ905 snow_globe % snow snowpark init foo
DeprecationWarning: The command 'init' is deprecated.
Initialized the new project in foo/

How to reproduce

snow init foo

[sfc-gh-pczajka]

@sfc-gh-cwiese please use snow init foo --template example_snowpark

[sfc-gh-cwiese]

@sfc-gh-pczajka that works, however --template is not mentioned as a required option in the --help output:

(snow_globe) cwiese@LQ7YYTJ905 snow_globe % snow init --help
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Usage: snow init [OPTIONS] PATH                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Creates project directory from template.                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
╭─ Arguments ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ *    path      TEXT  Directory to be initialized with the project. This directory must not already exist [required]                                                                              │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --template                 TEXT  which template (subdirectory of --template-source) should be used. If not provided, whole source will be used as the template.                                  │
│ --template-source          TEXT  local path to template directory or URL to git repository with templates. [default: https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-cli-templates]                     │
│ --variable         -D      TEXT  String in `key=value` format. Provided variables will not be prompted for.                                                                                      │
│ --no-interactive                 Disable prompting.                                                                                                                                              │
│ --help             -h            Show this message and exit.                                                                                                                                     │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Global configuration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --format           [TABLE|JSON]  Specifies the output format. [default: TABLE]                                                                                                                   │
│ --verbose  -v                    Displays log entries for log levels `info` and higher.                                                                                                          │
│ --debug                          Displays log entries for log levels `debug` and higher; debug logs contains additional information.                                                             │
│ --silent                         Turns off intermediate output to console.                                                                                                                       │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

[sfc-gh-pczajka]

@sfc-gh-cwiese yes, that's because there are use cases where all repository (passed via --template-source) might be a single template - we had to leave it optional

We'll release more actionable error message in 2.8.0