fix: clarify error message related to --fix arguments (#4720)

simonLeary42 · cidrblock · ssbarnea · web-flow · commit bcbbb6290337 · 2025-09-04T16:39:32.000+01:00
Co-authored-by: Bradley A. Thornton &lt;bthornto@redhat.com&gt;
Co-authored-by: Sorin Sbarnea &lt;ssbarnea@redhat.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py b/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def fix(runtime_options: Options, result: LintResult, rules: RulesCollection) ->
 
     if unknown_tags:  # pragma: no cover
         _logger.error(
-            "Found invalid value(s) (%s) for --fix arguments, must be one of: %s",
+            "Found invalid value(s) (%s) for --fix arguments, must be one of: %s. Valid values are limited by the configured profile.",
             ", ".join(unknown_tags),
             ", ".join(acceptable_tags),
         )

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def fix(runtime_options: Options, result: LintResult, rules: RulesCollection) ->`
`231`	`231`
`232`	`232`	`if unknown_tags: # pragma: no cover`
`233`	`233`	`_logger.error(`
`234`		`- "Found invalid value(s) (%s) for --fix arguments, must be one of: %s",`
	`234`	`+ "Found invalid value(s) (%s) for --fix arguments, must be one of: %s. Valid values are limited by the configured profile.",`
`235`	`235`	`", ".join(unknown_tags),`
`236`	`236`	`", ".join(acceptable_tags),`
`237`	`237`	`)`