From b11b54e142a7fa67c33b1a5f31e87f78e41ab79b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah French <15078782+SarahFrench@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:40:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add code comment to make in-progress migration from Ui to
 View more obvious (#37492)

---
 internal/command/meta.go | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/command/meta.go b/internal/command/meta.go
index d1d0bbb513..0dc89ecdd0 100644
--- a/internal/command/meta.go
+++ b/internal/command/meta.go
@@ -72,11 +72,18 @@ type Meta struct {
 	// do some default behavior instead if so, rather than panicking.
 	Streams *terminal.Streams
 
-	View *views.View
+	// View is the newer abstraction used for output from Terraform operations.
+	// View allows output to be rendered differently, depending on CLI settings.
+	// Currently the only non-default option is machine-readable output using  the`-json` flag.
+	// We are slowly migrating Terraform operations away from using `cli.Ui` and towards
+	// using `views.View`, and so far only the commands with machine-readable output features are
+	// migrated.
+	// For more information see: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/37439
+	View *views.View // View for output
 
 	Color            bool     // True if output should be colored
 	GlobalPluginDirs []string // Additional paths to search for plugins
-	Ui               cli.Ui   // Ui for output
+	Ui               cli.Ui   // Ui for output. See View above.
 
 	// Services provides access to remote endpoint information for
 	// "terraform-native' services running at a specific user-facing hostname.