When terraform init -reconfigure is run, we can let the user know they can expect the following for a brand new project:
Initializing the backend...
Do you want to copy existing state to the new backend?
Pre-existing state was found while migrating the previous "local" backend to the
newly configured "s3" backend. No existing state was found in the newly
configured "s3" backend. Do you want to copy this state to the new "s3"
backend? Enter "yes" to copy and "no" to start with an empty state.
Enter a value: yes
When
terraform init -reconfigure
is run, we can let the user know they can expect the following for a brand new project: