From e08a02e7bf3b042aa31dbb703c6cf500cd3b294e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barrett Clark <barrett.clark@hashicorp.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 11:09:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes Issue #29959, Apply w/o init error message

When going from a local backend to Terraform Cloud, if you skip the
`terraform init` and run `terraform apply` this will give the user more
clear instructions.
---
 internal/command/meta_backend.go | 13 +------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/command/meta_backend.go b/internal/command/meta_backend.go
index 825de47e6188..dafea1a7761c 100644
--- a/internal/command/meta_backend.go
+++ b/internal/command/meta_backend.go
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ func (m *Meta) determineInitReason(previousBackendType string, currentBackendTyp
 		diags = diags.Append(tfdiags.Sourceless(
 			tfdiags.Error,
 			"Terraform Cloud initialization required: please run \"terraform init\"",
-			fmt.Sprintf(strings.TrimSpace(errBackendInitCloudMigration), initReason),
+			fmt.Sprintf(strings.TrimSpace(errBackendInitCloud), initReason),
 		))
 	default:
 		diags = diags.Append(tfdiags.Sourceless(
@@ -1510,17 +1510,6 @@ hasn't changed and try again. At this point, no changes to your existing
 configuration or state have been made.
 `
 
-const errBackendInitCloudMigration = `
-Reason: %s.
-
-Migrating to Terraform Cloud requires reinitialization, to discover which Terraform Cloud workspaces belong to this configuration and to optionally migrate existing state to the corresponding Terraform Cloud workspaces.
-
-To re-initialize, run:
-  terraform init
-
-Terraform has not yet made changes to your existing configuration or state.
-`
-
 const errBackendInitCloud = `
 Reason: %s.