Show details when a regex fails to compile (GH-2678)

[etc/vim.git] / src / black / __init__.py

diff --git a/src/black/__init__.py b/src/black/__init__.py
index c2b52e6eadb07936e41d53c59f61abf37bbb1e9d..e2376c45617469d7890c0036c15fc4ac7139c27b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/black/__init__.py
+++ b/src/black/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from multiprocessing import Manager, freeze_support
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from pathspec.patterns.gitwildmatch import GitWildMatchPatternError
-import regex as re
+import re
 import signal
 import sys
 import tokenize
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ def validate_regex(
 ) -> Optional[Pattern[str]]:
     try:
         return re_compile_maybe_verbose(value) if value is not None else None
-    except re.error:
-        raise click.BadParameter("Not a valid regular expression") from None
+    except re.error as e:
+        raise click.BadParameter(f"Not a valid regular expression: {e}") from None
 
 
 @click.command(