Add descriptive error when attempting to list tests before building

Sources/Basics/Errors.swift

@@ -26,6 +26,26 @@ public struct InternalError: Error {
     }
 }
 
+/// Wraps another error and provides additional context when printed.
+/// This is useful for user facing errors that need to provide a user friendly message
+/// explaning why an error might have occured, while still showing the detailed underlying error.
+public struct ErrorWithContext<E: Error>: Error {
+    public let error: E
+    public let context: String
+    public init(_ error: E, _ context: String) {
+        self.error = error
+        self.context = context
+    }
+}
+
+extension ErrorWithContext: LocalizedError {
+    public var errorDescription: String? {
+        return (context.split(separator: "\n") + [error.interpolationDescription])
+            .map { "\t\($0)" }
+            .joined(separator: "\n")
+    }
+}
+
 extension Error {
     public var interpolationDescription: String {
         switch self {

Sources/Commands/SwiftTestCommand.swift

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import SPMBuildCore
 import func TSCLibc.exit
 import Workspace
 
+import struct TSCBasic.FileSystemError
 import struct TSCBasic.ByteString
 import enum TSCBasic.JSON
 import class Basics.AsyncProcess
@@ -725,6 +726,23 @@ extension SwiftTestCommand {
         var _deprecated_passthrough: Bool = false
 
         func run(_ swiftCommandState: SwiftCommandState) async throws {
+            do {
+                try await self.runCommand(swiftCommandState)
+            } catch let error as FileSystemError {
+                if sharedOptions.shouldSkipBuilding {
+                    throw ErrorWithContext(error, """
+                        Test build artifacts were not found in the build folder.
+                        The `--skip-build` flag was provided; either build the tests first with \
+                        `swift build --build tests` or rerun the `swift test list` command without \
+                        `--skip-build`
+                        """
+                    )
+                }
+                throw error
+            }
+        }
+
+        func runCommand(_ swiftCommandState: SwiftCommandState) async throws {
             let (productsBuildParameters, toolsBuildParameters) = try swiftCommandState.buildParametersForTest(
                 enableCodeCoverage: false,
                 shouldSkipBuilding: sharedOptions.shouldSkipBuilding
@@ -781,6 +799,13 @@ extension SwiftTestCommand {
                     })
                     if result == .failure {
                         swiftCommandState.executionStatus = .failure
+                        // If the runner reports failure do a check to ensure
+                        // all the binaries are present on the file system.
+                        for path in testProducts.map(\.binaryPath) {
+                            if !swiftCommandState.fileSystem.exists(path) {
+                                throw FileSystemError(.noEntry, path)
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 } else if let testEntryPointPath {
                     // Cannot run Swift Testing because an entry point file was used and the developer

Sources/Commands/Utilities/TestingSupport.swift

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import PackageModel
 import SPMBuildCore
 import Workspace
 
+import struct TSCBasic.FileSystemError
 import class Basics.AsyncProcess
 import var TSCBasic.stderrStream
 import var TSCBasic.stdoutStream
@@ -123,8 +124,13 @@ enum TestingSupport {
                 sanitizers: sanitizers,
                 library: .xctest
             )
+            try Self.runProcessWithExistenceCheck(
+                path: path,
+                fileSystem: swiftCommandState.fileSystem,
+                args: args,
+                env: env
+            )
 
-            try AsyncProcess.checkNonZeroExit(arguments: args, environment: env)
             // Read the temporary file's content.
             return try swiftCommandState.fileSystem.readFileContents(AbsolutePath(tempFile.path))
         }
@@ -139,12 +145,36 @@ enum TestingSupport {
             library: .xctest
         )
         args = [path.description, "--dump-tests-json"]
-        let data = try AsyncProcess.checkNonZeroExit(arguments: args, environment: env)
+        let data = try Self.runProcessWithExistenceCheck(
+            path: path,
+            fileSystem: swiftCommandState.fileSystem,
+            args: args,
+            env: env
+        )
         #endif
         // Parse json and return TestSuites.
         return try TestSuite.parse(jsonString: data, context: args.joined(separator: " "))
     }
 
+    /// Run a process and throw a more specific error if the file doesn't exist.
+    @discardableResult
+    private static func runProcessWithExistenceCheck(
+        path: AbsolutePath,
+        fileSystem: FileSystem,
+        args: [String],
+        env: Environment
+    ) throws -> String {
+        do {
+            return try AsyncProcess.checkNonZeroExit(arguments: args, environment: env)
+        } catch {
+            // If the file doesn't exist, throw a more specific error.
+            if !fileSystem.exists(path) {
+                throw FileSystemError(.noEntry, path)
+            }
+            throw error
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Creates the environment needed to test related tools.
     static func constructTestEnvironment(
         toolchain: UserToolchain,

Tests/CommandsTests/TestCommandTests.swift

@@ -284,6 +284,16 @@ final class TestCommandTests: CommandsTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    func testListWithSkipBuildAndNoBuildArtifacts() async throws {
+        try await fixture(name: "Miscellaneous/TestDiscovery/Simple") { fixturePath in
+            await XCTAssertThrowsCommandExecutionError(
+                try await SwiftPM.Test.execute(["list", "--skip-build"], packagePath: fixturePath)
+            ) { error in
+                XCTAssertMatch(error.stderr, .contains("Test build artifacts were not found in the build folder"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     func testBasicSwiftTestingIntegration() async throws {
 #if !canImport(TestingDisabled)
         try XCTSkipUnless(