From: Sigbjørn Skjæret <redacted>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:58:42 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: common : suggest --jinja when autodetection fails (#14222)
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common : suggest --jinja when autodetection fails (#14222)
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diff --git a/common/chat.cpp b/common/chat.cpp
index 0dad14fb..7d9aaeb1 100644
--- a/common/chat.cpp
+++ b/common/chat.cpp
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_templates_apply_legacy(
     if (res < 0) {
         // if the custom "tmpl" is not supported, we throw an error
         // this is a bit redundant (for good), since we're not sure if user validated the custom template with llama_chat_verify_template()
-        throw std::runtime_error("this custom template is not supported");
+        throw std::runtime_error("this custom template is not supported, try using --jinja");
     }
 
     // if it turns out that our buffer is too small, we resize it