From 3024d0fb11dc62664fb90a95d414fe1de05fa7a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=C3=A3o=20Moreno?= <joao.moreno@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:44:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: clarify simultaneous use of packagePath and target in
 `vsce publish` (#765)

Fixes: #764
---
 src/publish.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/publish.ts b/src/publish.ts
index adb0f070..110b03f4 100644
--- a/src/publish.ts
+++ b/src/publish.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ export async function publish(options: IPublishOptions = {}): Promise<any> {
 		if (options.version) {
 			throw new Error(`Both options not supported simultaneously: 'packagePath' and 'version'.`);
 		} else if (options.targets) {
-			throw new Error(`Both options not supported simultaneously: 'packagePath' and 'target'.`);
+			throw new Error(
+				`Both options not supported simultaneously: 'packagePath' and 'target'. Use 'vsce package --target <target>' to first create a platform specific package, then use 'vsce publish --packagePath <path>' to publish it.`
+			);
 		}
 
 		for (const packagePath of options.packagePath) {