Add a CLI warning when running launcher bootstrap/rebuild without app.yml present

Feature
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Yes, at the moment if you run

./launcher bootstrap app

without first creating app.yml, you only see:

ERROR: containers/app.yml does not exist or is not readable.

That’s accurate but not very helpful, especially for two common cases:

  1. New production install
    Should run ./discourse-setup to generate app.yml from standalone.yml.

  2. Quick test forum without outbound email
    Sometimes people just want to spin up a local/test Discourse without configuring SMTP.
    The usual workflow is:

./launcher bootstrap app
./launcher start app
./launcher enter app
rake admin:create

This gives you an admin account without needing email.

Proposal:
Improve the error message so it guides both paths. For example:

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