JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh · error

section does not exist:

Error message

section does not exist: 

What it means

GetSection performs a strict lookup: it returns the *Section only if the named section exists in the parsed file, otherwise it errors. It exists for callers that must distinguish 'missing section' from 'empty section'; the lenient Section() method returns an empty section instead.

Source

Thrown at src/ini/ini.go:121

	f.sections[name] = section
	f.order = append(f.order, section)

	return section
}

// Sections returns all sections in file order, including the unnamed default
// section.
func (f *File) Sections() []*Section {
	return f.order
}

// GetSection returns the named section, or an error when it doesn't exist.
func (f *File) GetSection(name string) (*Section, error) {
	if section, ok := f.sections[name]; ok {
		return section, nil
	}

	return nil, errors.New("section does not exist: " + name)
}

// Section returns the named section, or an empty one when it doesn't exist.
func (f *File) Section(name string) *Section {
	if section, ok := f.sections[name]; ok {
		return section
	}

	return &Section{name: name, keys: make(map[string]*Key)}
}

func (s *Section) Name() string {
	return s.name
}

// Keys returns the section's keys in file order.
func (s *Section) Keys() []*Key {
	return s.order

View on GitHub (pinned to 0976794618)

Solutions

1. Check with Section(name) or a contains-style check first and treat absence as default/empty
2. Add the missing section to the config file, e.g. [palette]
3. If the section is optional, switch to the lenient Section() accessor

Example fix

// before
section, err := file.GetSection("palette")
if err != nil { return err }
// after
section := file.Section("palette") // empty section if absent

func hasSection(f *ini.File, name string) bool {
    _, err := f.GetSection(name)
    return err == nil
}

section, err := file.GetSection("palette")
if err != nil {
    section = ini.NewEmptySection("palette") // or file.Section("palette")
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling GetSection(name) when the file was parsed without that section - e.g. resolveUpstream or copySection asks for a section like [upstream] or [segments] that isn't present in the user's config.

Common situations: A config file predating a feature (missing [upgrade] or [palette] section); typo in section name; code assuming a section always exists because a newer config version includes it.

Related errors

• unclosed section:
• key-value delimiter not found:
• invalid export format
• missing Brewfather user id (user_id)
• missing Brewfather api key (api_key)

AI-assisted analysis of JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh@0976794618 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7e1d32c1d62ff9a8. Report an issue: GitHub.