Merge pull request #1208 from github/aeisenberg/better-error-message

More readable error message for invalid `queries` block and invalid `query-filters` blocl

Author: aeisenberg

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
-No user facing changes.
+- Improve error messages when the code scanning configuration file includes an invalid `queries` block or an invalid `query-filters` block. [#1208](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/1208)
 
 ## 2.1.20 - 22 Aug 2022
 

lib/analyze.js

@@ -313,6 +313,16 @@ test("validateQueryFilters", (t) => {
     },
     { message: /Only "include" or "exclude" filters are allowed/ }
   );
+
+  t.throws(
+    () => {
+      return validateQueryFilters({ exclude: "foo" } as any);
+    },
+    {
+      message:
+        /Query filters must be an array of "include" or "exclude" entries/,
+    }
+  );
 });
 
 const convertPackToQuerySuiteEntryMacro = test.macro({