[bug]: chapter "Destroying one resource" doesn't make sense to me

[johanngyger]

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Killercoda Scenario

getting-started/step6/desc.md

What happened?

If I destroy all resources in task 1, then there are no resources left. So this probably expects I haven't executed task 1, which is misleading because the scenario is not linear, i.e. I can't execute all the steps one after the other.

controlplane $ tofu apply -destroy
local_file.example: Refreshing state... [id=a60c4c70c5403cad1601874f0e93f09583a4a058]
local_file.morning: Refreshing state... [id=4bec4e60980f845c28d2ab3d7cbbaa65c06d36ec]

OpenTofu used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  - destroy

OpenTofu will perform the following actions:

  # local_file.example will be destroyed
  - resource "local_file" "example" {
      - content              = "Hello, OpenTofu!" -> null
      - content_base64sha256 = "zGkKU5Te3UerJHPvQC81Jq3XYJcAq+s/ELTtftptZpg=" -> null
      - content_base64sha512 = "9nk37DKmYpBZV03vg4ZiMz4viIpKffUK+fhshHH+tXcK+dR3a0ySNZ+62ELEkFZcw+dHDHvojmDtG7rNiaDodw==" -> null
      - content_md5          = "4705ecc785039f9734f49bf28adb68c4" -> null
      - content_sha1         = "a60c4c70c5403cad1601874f0e93f09583a4a058" -> null
      - content_sha256       = "cc690a5394dedd47ab2473ef402f3526add7609700abeb3f10b4ed7eda6d6698" -> null
      - content_sha512       = "f67937ec32a6629059574def838662333e2f888a4a7df50af9f86c8471feb5770af9d4776b4c92359fbad842c490565cc3e7470c7be88e60ed1bbacd89a0e877" -> null
      - directory_permission = "0777" -> null
      - file_permission      = "0777" -> null
      - filename             = "./hello.txt" -> null
      - id                   = "a60c4c70c5403cad1601874f0e93f09583a4a058" -> null
    }

  # local_file.morning will be destroyed
  - resource "local_file" "morning" {
      - content              = "Good Morning, Terraform!" -> null
      - content_base64sha256 = "KauVw4+rKAlz+eS47aFiyQ2KRRKqTzS6HQlqyP6IPC0=" -> null
      - content_base64sha512 = "27AVd7TX/HOe5As/3SAWfoytG+73aouE3y8KOJ+/1N27qkQiFl3ZlwLHs9HCBt+wHW4tFvd/5Rdm8rc59B8t9w==" -> null
      - content_md5          = "86eabb462ca86386a7a7557b1a0f417c" -> null
      - content_sha1         = "4bec4e60980f845c28d2ab3d7cbbaa65c06d36ec" -> null
      - content_sha256       = "29ab95c38fab280973f9e4b8eda162c90d8a4512aa4f34ba1d096ac8fe883c2d" -> null
      - content_sha512       = "dbb01577b4d7fc739ee40b3fdd20167e8cad1beef76a8b84df2f0a389fbfd4ddbbaa4422165dd99702c7b3d1c206dfb01d6e2d16f77fe51766f2b739f41f2df7" -> null
      - directory_permission = "0777" -> null
      - file_permission      = "0777" -> null
      - filename             = "./morning.txt" -> null
      - id                   = "4bec4e60980f845c28d2ab3d7cbbaa65c06d36ec" -> null
    }

Plan: 0 to add, 0 to change, 2 to destroy.

Do you really want to destroy all resources?
  OpenTofu will destroy all your managed infrastructure, as shown above.
  There is no undo. Only 'yes' will be accepted to confirm.

  Enter a value: yes

local_file.morning: Destroying... [id=4bec4e60980f845c28d2ab3d7cbbaa65c06d36ec]
local_file.example: Destroying... [id=a60c4c70c5403cad1601874f0e93f09583a4a058]
local_file.morning: Destruction complete after 0s
local_file.example: Destruction complete after 0s

Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 2 destroyed.
controlplane $  tofu plan -target="local_file.example" -out /root/destroy-plan

OpenTofu used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

OpenTofu will perform the following actions:

  # local_file.example will be created
  + resource "local_file" "example" {
      + content              = "Hello, OpenTofu!"
      + content_base64sha256 = (known after apply)
      + content_base64sha512 = (known after apply)
      + content_md5          = (known after apply)
      + content_sha1         = (known after apply)
      + content_sha256       = (known after apply)
      + content_sha512       = (known after apply)
      + directory_permission = "0777"
      + file_permission      = "0777"
      + filename             = "./hello.txt"
      + id                   = (known after apply)
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
╷
│ Warning: Resource targeting is in effect
│ 
│ You are creating a plan with the -target option, which means that the result of this plan may not represent all of the changes requested by the current
│ configuration.
│ 
│ The -target option is not for routine use, and is provided only for exceptional situations such as recovering from errors or mistakes, or when OpenTofu
│ specifically suggests to use it as part of an error message.
╵

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Saved the plan to: /root/destroy-plan

To perform exactly these actions, run the following command to apply:
    tofu apply "/root/destroy-plan"
controlplane $ tofu state ls
controlplane $ tofu apply -destroy "/root/destroy-plan"
local_file.example: Creating...
local_file.example: Creation complete after 0s [id=a60c4c70c5403cad1601874f0e93f09583a4a058]
╷
│ Warning: Applied changes may be incomplete
│ 
│ The plan was created with the -target option in effect, so some changes requested in the configuration may have been ignored and the output values may not be
│ fully updated. Run the following command to verify that no other changes are pending:
│     tofu plan
│ 
│ Note that the -target option is not suitable for routine use, and is provided only for exceptional situations such as recovering from errors or mistakes, or when
│ OpenTofu specifically suggests to use it as part of an error message.
╵

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
controlplane $ tofu state ls
local_file.example