{"record":{"id":"a282513bec1eb336","repo":"benbjohnson/litestream","slug":"too-many-arguments-a28251","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"too many arguments","messagePattern":"too many arguments","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/litestream/reset.go","lineNumber":34,"sourceCode":"\n// Run executes the command.\nfunc (c *ResetCommand) Run(ctx context.Context, args []string) (err error) {\n\tfs := flag.NewFlagSet(\"litestream-reset\", flag.ContinueOnError)\n\tconfigPath, noExpandEnv := registerConfigFlag(fs)\n\tdryRun := fs.Bool(\"dry-run\", false, \"print local state that would be removed without deleting\")\n\tfs.Usage = c.Usage\n\tif err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\t// Validate arguments - need exactly one database path\n\tif fs.NArg() == 0 {\n\t\treturn &usageError{\n\t\t\tmessage: \"database path required\",\n\t\t\thint:    \"litestream reset /path/to/db\",\n\t\t}\n\t} else if fs.NArg() > 1 {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"too many arguments\")\n\t}\n\n\tdbPath := fs.Arg(0)\n\n\t// Make absolute if needed\n\tif !filepath.IsAbs(dbPath) {\n\t\tif dbPath, err = filepath.Abs(dbPath); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn err\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\t// Load configuration to find the database (if config exists)\n\tvar dbConfig *DBConfig\n\tif *configPath != \"\" {\n\t\tconfig, configErr := ReadConfigFile(*configPath, !*noExpandEnv)\n\t\tif configErr != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"cannot read config: %w\", configErr)\n\t\t}","sourceCodeStart":16,"sourceCodeEnd":52,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/blob/4ed7a308f6271ebfd2b0a6e4b70b03011a37e4a3/cmd/litestream/reset.go#L16-L52","documentation":"ResetCommand.Run received more than one positional argument. The reset command takes exactly one database path; extra arguments usually mean flags were placed after the path or multiple paths were given.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/litestream/reset.go:34 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Pass exactly one database path: litestream reset /path/to/db","Put flags before the database path"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"4ed7a308f6271ebfd2b0a6e4b70b03011a37e4a3","analyzedAt":"2026-09-06T18:29:25.564Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-06T18:29:25.564Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}