An error occurred when removing the resources from the local directory

[ykethan]

How did you install the Amplify CLI?

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If applicable, what version of Node.js are you using?

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Amplify CLI Version

12.2.2

What operating system are you using?

Mac

Did you make any manual changes to the cloud resources managed by Amplify? Please describe the changes made.

no

Describe the bug

When removing a resource that has another resource that depends on it the CLI will fail with the following error

ResourceRemoveFault: An error occurred when removing the resources from the local directory
    at AmplifyToolkit.removeResource (/snapshot/repo/build/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli-internal/lib/extensions/amplify-helpers/remove-resource.js:73:15)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async Object.run (/snapshot/repo/build/node_modules/@aws-amplify/amplify-category-auth/lib/commands/auth/remove.js:21:26)
    at async Object.executeAmplifyCommand (/snapshot/repo/build/node_modules/@aws-amplify/amplify-category-auth/lib/index.js:346:5)
    at async executePluginModuleCommand (/snapshot/repo/build/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli-internal/lib/execution-manager.js:139:5)
    at async executeCommand (/snapshot/repo/build/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli-internal/lib/execution-manager.js:37:9)
    at async Object.run (/snapshot/repo/build/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli-internal/lib/index.js:121:5)

Expected behavior

provide a clearer error message

Reproduction steps

option 1:

1. create a auth resource amplify add auth
2. create a user pool group amplify update auth-> Create or update Cognito user pool groups
3. amplify remove auth -> select the user pool and observe error

option 2:

1. amplify add api -> GraphQL -> use Cognito User Pools
2. amplify remove auth

Project Identifier

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Additional information

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