From 2c5352adcc00b6779c47870ca859cba4eff251e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@chazlarson.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:15:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [32] Friendlier tab message (#2381)

---
 VERSION            | 2 +-
 modules/request.py | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 975c3b1e..a60f8690 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.0-build31
+2.1.0-build32
diff --git a/modules/request.py b/modules/request.py
index 59dcab77..ad93bef6 100644
--- a/modules/request.py
+++ b/modules/request.py
@@ -259,7 +259,12 @@ class YAML:
                     with open(self.path, encoding="utf-8") as fp:
                         self.data = self.yaml.load(fp)
         except ruamel.yaml.error.YAMLError as e:
-            e = str(e).replace("\n", "\n      ")
+            if "found character '\\t' that cannot start any token" in e.problem:
+                location = f"{e.args[3].name}; line {e.args[3].line + 1} column {e.args[3].column + 1}"
+                e = f"Tabs are not allowed in YAML files; only spaces are allowed.\nfirst tab character found at:\n{location}"
+            else:
+                e = str(e).replace("\n", "\n      ")
+            
             raise Failed(f"YAML Error: {e}")
         except Exception as e:
             raise Failed(f"YAML Error: {e}")