common : suggest --jinja when autodetection fails (#14222)

CISC · web-flow · commit e434e69183fd · 2025-06-16T21:58:42.000+02:00
diff --git 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

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_templates_apply_legacy(`
`1838`	`1838`	`if (res < 0) {`
`1839`	`1839`	`// if the custom "tmpl" is not supported, we throw an error`
`1840`	`1840`	`// this is a bit redundant (for good), since we're not sure if user validated the custom template with llama_chat_verify_template()`
`1841`		`- throw std::runtime_error("this custom template is not supported");`
	`1841`	`+ throw std::runtime_error("this custom template is not supported, try using --jinja");`
`1842`	`1842`	`}`
`1843`	`1843`
`1844`	`1844`	`// if it turns out that our buffer is too small, we resize it`