updated error message

dist/cache-save/index.js

@@ -81041,7 +81041,7 @@ class CacheDistributor {
                         .split('\n')
                         .join(',')} or ${constants_1.CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH}`
                     : this.cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
-                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`);
+                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${this.packageManager} with cache-dependency-path = ${this.cacheDependencyPath}. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed`);
             }
             const cachePath = yield this.getCacheGlobalDirectories();
             core.saveState(State.CACHE_PATHS, cachePath);
@@ -81165,7 +81165,7 @@ function saveCache(packageManager) {
         const cachePaths = JSON.parse(cachePathState);
         core.debug(`paths for caching are ${cachePaths.join(', ')}`);
         if (!isCacheDirectoryExists(cachePaths)) {
-            throw new Error(`Cache folder path is retrieved for ${packageManager} but doesn't exist on disk: ${cachePaths.join(', ')}`);
+            throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${cachePaths.join(', ')}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${packageManager} with cache-dependency-path. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed.`);
         }
         const primaryKey = core.getState(cache_distributor_1.State.STATE_CACHE_PRIMARY_KEY);
         const matchedKey = core.getState(cache_distributor_1.State.CACHE_MATCHED_KEY);

dist/setup/index.js

@@ -90243,7 +90243,7 @@ class CacheDistributor {
                         .split('\n')
                         .join(',')} or ${constants_1.CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH}`
                     : this.cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
-                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`);
+                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${this.packageManager} with cache-dependency-path = ${this.cacheDependencyPath}. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed`);
             }
             const cachePath = yield this.getCacheGlobalDirectories();
             core.saveState(State.CACHE_PATHS, cachePath);

src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ abstract class CacheDistributor {
               .join(',')} or ${CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH}`
           : this.cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
       throw new Error(
-        `No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`
+        `No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${
+          this.packageManager
+        } with cache-dependency-path = ${
+          this.cacheDependencyPath
+        }. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed`
       );
     }
 

src/cache-save.ts

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ async function saveCache(packageManager: string) {
 
   if (!isCacheDirectoryExists(cachePaths)) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Cache folder path is retrieved for ${packageManager} but doesn't exist on disk: ${cachePaths.join(
+      `No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${cachePaths.join(
         ', '
-      )}`
+      )}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${packageManager} with cache-dependency-path. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed.`
     );
   }