### Bug description

I tried to switch to the new quarto-publish GitHub Actions workflow for my blog and was hit with this

```
ERROR: No previous publishes available to re-publish (previous publish required with --no-prompt)
```

https://github.com/DavisVaughan/blog/runs/7715534347?check_suite_focus=true

I realized after reading more of the documentation that I needed to run `quarto publish netlify` once locally to create the `_publish.yml` locally (I ended up modifying the once it created with my pre-existing site ID and URL, but it was a useful skeleton).

Could this error message suggest: `` "Do you need to run `quarto publish netlify` locally?" ``

Error comes from here https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/blob/3c6fa936a0c9a6ae36f127daf4c3b05c83a99f60/src/command/publish/deployment.ts#L117

Quarto 1.0.35

### `quarto check` Output

_No response_

### `quarto tools check` Output

_No response_

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2022-08-07T20:39:58Z
DavisVaughan
bug
closed
Improve error message when you need to run `quarto publish netlify` once locally
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/1724