resolved comments

src/cmd/cli/command/commands.go

@@ -509,16 +509,12 @@ Generate will write files in the current folder. You can edit them and then depl
 
 		if sample != "" {
 			qs = qs[1:] // user picked a sample, so we skip the description question
-			sampleExists := false
-			for _, s := range sampleList {
-				if s.Name == sample {
-					sampleExists = true
-					break
-				}
-			}
+			sampleExists := slices.ContainsFunc(sampleList, func(s cli.Sample) bool {
+				return s.Name == sample
+			})
 
 			if !sampleExists {
-				return errors.New("sample not found")
+				return cli.ErrSampleNotFound
 			}
 		}
 

src/pkg/cli/new.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DefangLabs/defang/src/pkg/term"
 )
 
+var ErrSampleNotFound = errors.New("sample not found")
+
 type Sample struct {
 	Name             string   `json:"name"`
 	Title            string   `json:"title"`
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ func InitFromSamples(ctx context.Context, dir string, names []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if !sampleFound {
-		return fmt.Errorf("sample not found")
+		return ErrSampleNotFound
 	}
 	return nil
 }