From 543132497c50623613b813da5cbb8709dfd75880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Goudey <hans@blender.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 12:10:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Tests: Add info to "benchmark directory not initialized"
 error message

---
 tests/performance/benchmark.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/performance/benchmark.py b/tests/performance/benchmark.py
index fce861cbd6c..ca3df4e6ba1 100755
--- a/tests/performance/benchmark.py
+++ b/tests/performance/benchmark.py
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ def main():
         sys.exit(0)
 
     if not env.base_dir.exists():
-        sys.stderr.write('Error: benchmark directory not initialized\n')
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            'Error: benchmark directory not initialized. '
+            'Run the \"init\" command to create the directory and a default configuration.\n')
         sys.exit(1)
 
     if args.command == 'list':