From e15b81005eb92a5af3b251be0f5fc6acf20afa7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janik von Rotz <login@janikvonrotz.ch>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 09:56:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(patterns): improve error messaging and clean up
 help-table comments

---
 patterns.md                                    | 5 ++++-
 prompts/convert-help-table-to-dynamic-width.md | 2 --
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/patterns.md b/patterns.md
index efe5d5e..95ea953 100644
--- a/patterns.md
+++ b/patterns.md
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ Check the first param and exit if it is empty.
 
 ```bash
 deploy() {
-    if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then echo "\$1 is empty."; exit; fi
+    if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+        echo '$1/path is empty.'
+        exit
+    fi
 ```
 
 ## Prompt for input
diff --git a/prompts/convert-help-table-to-dynamic-width.md b/prompts/convert-help-table-to-dynamic-width.md
index 386555c..75ed0f9 100644
--- a/prompts/convert-help-table-to-dynamic-width.md
+++ b/prompts/convert-help-table-to-dynamic-width.md
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ help-table() {
 
     printf "$column" 'Command' 'Option' 'Description'
     echo "|$(printf '%*s' $((cmd_width + 2)) '' | tr ' ' '-')|$(printf '%*s' $((opt_width + 2)) '' | tr ' ' '-')|$(printf '%*s' $((desc_width + 2)) '' | tr ' ' '-')|"
-    # Env
     printf "$column" 'version' '' 'Show tool versions.'
     ...
 }
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ help-table() {
     local max_cmd=7 max_opt=6 max_desc=11
 
     rows+=("Command|Option|Description")
-    # Env
     rows+=("version||Show version of required tools.")
     ...