From 78aad4fe3f589f50e1465266c756ba4a6f009a4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stas Kelvich <stas.kelvich@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:42:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Show initdb stderr for unsuccessful runs

---
 pageserver/src/branches.rs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pageserver/src/branches.rs b/pageserver/src/branches.rs
index e304ae3b63..6efca05a0c 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/branches.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/branches.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ pub fn init_repo(conf: &'static PageServerConf, repo_dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         .output()
         .with_context(|| "failed to execute initdb")?;
     if !initdb_otput.status.success() {
-        anyhow::bail!("initdb failed");
+        anyhow::bail!(
+            "initdb failed: '{}'",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&initdb_otput.stderr)
+        );
     }
     println!("initdb succeeded");