{"record":{"id":"a6cab20037a9f5a9","repo":"JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh","slug":"unclosed-section","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"unclosed section: ","messagePattern":"unclosed section: ","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/ini/ini.go","lineNumber":54,"sourceCode":"}\n\nfunc parse(src string, verbatim bool) (*File, error) {\n\tfile := &File{sections: make(map[string]*Section)}\n\n\tsrc = strings.TrimPrefix(src, \"\\ufeff\")\n\tcurrent := file.section(\"\")\n\n\tfor line := range strings.Lines(src) {\n\t\tline = strings.TrimSpace(line)\n\n\t\tif line == \"\" || line[0] == '#' || line[0] == ';' {\n\t\t\tcontinue\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif line[0] == '[' {\n\t\t\tname, _, found := strings.CutLast(line, \"]\")\n\t\t\tif !found {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, errors.New(\"unclosed section: \" + line)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tcurrent = file.section(strings.TrimSpace(name[1:]))\n\t\t\tcontinue\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tdelim := strings.IndexAny(line, \"=:\")\n\t\tif delim < 0 {\n\t\t\treturn nil, errors.New(\"key-value delimiter not found: \" + line)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tname := strings.TrimSpace(line[:delim])\n\t\tvalue := parseValue(line[delim+1:], verbatim)\n\n\t\tif _, ok := current.keys[name]; ok {\n\t\t\tcontinue\n\t\t}\n","sourceCodeStart":36,"sourceCodeEnd":72,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/blob/0976794618c5ed95de0985dded50de1b4dc914cb/src/ini/ini.go#L36-L72","documentation":"The ini parser treats a line starting with '[' as a section header and requires a closing ']'. strings.CutLast fails to find ']' so the line is malformed. The error echoes the offending line so you can spot the typo in the loaded config.","triggerScenarios":"parse() (via Load or LoadVerbatim) encounters a line whose first byte is '[' but has no ']' anywhere in it - e.g. '[section' or a stray bracket line like '[TODO fix this'.","commonSituations":"Hand-edited oh-my-posh theme/config files with a truncated section header; copy-paste losing the closing bracket; a comment line accidentally starting with '['.","solutions":["Open the config file and add the missing ']' to the reported line, e.g. '[section]'","Escape or comment out the stray bracket line if it isn't meant to be a section","Validate the file with a TOML/INI linter before loading"],"exampleFix":"// before (file content)\n[segment\n// after (file content)\n[segment]","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"for i, line := range lines {\n    if strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(line), \"[\") && !strings.Contains(line, \"]\") {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"line %d: unclosed section header\", i+1)\n    }\n}","typeGuard":"func isClosedSectionLine(line string) bool {\n    return !strings.HasPrefix(line, \"[\") || strings.Contains(line, \"]\")\n}","tryCatchPattern":"file, err := ini.Load(path)\nif err != nil {\n    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"unclosed section\") {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"config %s malformed: %w\", path, err)\n    }\n    return err\n}","preventionTips":["Lint theme/config files in CI before shipping","Don't start comment lines with '['","Keep bracket characters out of free-text values"],"tags":["ini","parsing","config","syntax-error"],"backgroundTag":"malformed-ini-syntax","analyzedSha":"0976794618c5ed95de0985dded50de1b4dc914cb","analyzedAt":"2026-08-31T23:41:19.708Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T05:18:18.240Z"}