{"record":{"id":"1eece8be77c26c2d","repo":"jdx/mise","slug":"edits-cannot-apply-these-entries-fix-them-manual","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"edits: cannot apply these entries, fix them manually:\n{}","messagePattern":"edits: cannot apply these entries, fix them manually:\n(.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/system/edits.rs","lineNumber":689,"sourceCode":"            // markers exist: compare content to see if anything would change\n            None => match block_state(req, desired.as_deref()) {\n                Ok(FileState::Applied) => continue,\n                Ok(_) => todo.push((req, desired)),\n                Err(err) => {\n                    problems.push(format!(\n                        \"  \\\"{}\\\" ({}): {err}\",\n                        req.path_raw,\n                        req.describe_op()\n                    ));\n                    continue;\n                }\n            },\n            // missing — needs applying\n            Some(_) => todo.push((req, desired)),\n        }\n    }\n    if !problems.is_empty() {\n        bail!(\n            \"edits: cannot apply these entries, fix them manually:\\n{}\",\n            problems.join(\"\\n\")\n        );\n    }\n    if todo.is_empty() {\n        info!(\"edits: all edits are applied\");\n        return Ok(true);\n    }\n    if opts.dry_run {\n        for (req, desired) in &todo {\n            // template state wasn't computed (no rendering on dry runs), so\n            // the entry may already be converged\n            let conditional =\n                desired.is_none() && matches!(&req.op, EditOp::Block { template: true, .. });\n            let suffix = if conditional { \" (if changed)\" } else { \"\" };\n            miseprintln!(\n                \"edit {} ({}){suffix}\",\n                req.path.display_user(),","sourceCodeStart":671,"sourceCodeEnd":707,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/jdx/mise/blob/afd2eddd3a50c16190efc1c7e94404b48f72af57/src/system/edits.rs#L671-L707","documentation":"During `mise edits apply`, some entries have problems (conflicting state, unreadable markers, divergence that cannot be auto-resolved) collected in the problems list. apply aborts the whole operation with this aggregated message listing each problem, telling the user to fix those entries manually rather than partially applying and risking file corruption.","triggerScenarios":"Running `mise edits apply` when one or more edit entries are in a broken state — e.g. the target file's existing content conflicts with the managed markers, or a desired-content check failed earlier in the same pass.","commonSituations":"The target file was edited by hand in or around the managed block; marker lines were deleted or reformatted (comment style changed); an old id's markers remain after an id rename; template rendering changed between runs.","solutions":["Read the per-entry problems listed after the message and fix each target file by hand as instructed.","Remove or fix stale marker lines (>>> mise:<id> >>> / <<< mise:<id> <<<) in the affected files.","Run `mise edits check` (or diff) after manual fixes to confirm the entries are clean, then re-run apply.","If the entry is obsolete, delete its [dotfiles] declaration from the config."],"exampleFix":"# diagnose then fix manually\nmise edits check            # see which entries have problems\n$EDITOR ~/.zshrc            # repair/remove the mise marker block\nmise edits check            # confirm clean\nmise edits apply            # now succeeds","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"# pre-flight: surface problems before attempting apply\nmise edits check || { echo 'fix listed entries manually before applying'; exit 1; }","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"// pseudo: treat apply failure as requiring manual intervention, not retry\nmatch apply_result {\n    Err(msg) if msg.contains(\"cannot apply these entries, fix them manually\") => {\n        run(\"mise edits check\"); // inspect per-entry problems, fix files by hand\n    }\n    Err(e) => return Err(e),\n    Ok(_) => {}\n}","preventionTips":["Run `mise edits check`/diff before apply in scripts and CI.","Do not hand-edit inside managed marker blocks; edit via the config instead.","After changing an entry id or comment style, clean up old markers in target files.","Keep managed files out of unrelated formatters that may reflow marker lines."],"tags":["dotfiles","apply","manual-intervention"],"backgroundTag":"invalid-state-transition","analyzedSha":"afd2eddd3a50c16190efc1c7e94404b48f72af57","analyzedAt":"2026-09-09T01:38:25.179Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-09T01:38:25.179Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}