{"id":"b1c2a9963441dfb7","repo":"BurntSushi/ripgrep","slug":"failed-to-find-a-place-to-create-update-an-index","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to find a place to create/update an index","messagePattern":"failed to find a place to create/update an index","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/core/flags/hiargs.rs","lineNumber":941,"sourceCode":"            assert_eq!(1, self.threads, \"sorting implies single threaded\");\n            if !sort.reverse && matches!(sort.kind, SortModeKind::Path) {\n                builder.sort_by_file_name(|a, b| a.cmp(b));\n            }\n        }\n        Ok(builder)\n    }\n\n    pub(crate) fn index(&self) -> usize {\n        self.index\n    }\n\n    #[cfg(feature = \"unstable-index\")]\n    pub(crate) fn index_write(&self) -> anyhow::Result<grep_index::Index> {\n        let index = grep_index::IndexDiscovery::new()\n            .create(true)\n            .discover()?\n            .ok_or_else(|| {\n                anyhow::anyhow!(\n                    \"failed to find a place to create/update an index\"\n                )\n            })?;\n        Ok(index)\n    }\n\n    #[cfg(feature = \"unstable-index\")]\n    pub(crate) fn index_read(&self) -> anyhow::Result<grep_index::Index> {\n        let index = grep_index::IndexDiscovery::new().discover()?.ok_or_else(\n            || anyhow::anyhow!(\"failed to find an index to read\"),\n        )?;\n        Ok(index)\n    }\n}\n\n/// State that only needs to be computed once during argument parsing.\n///\n/// This state is meant to be somewhat generic and shared across multiple","sourceCodeStart":923,"sourceCodeEnd":959,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/3fce3b5bb0236da2df6d99672afb8a719642eca7/crates/core/flags/hiargs.rs#L923-L959","documentation":"Error \"failed to find a place to create/update an index\" thrown in BurntSushi/ripgrep.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/core/flags/hiargs.rs:941 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Specify a writable index location explicitly","Check directory permissions and available disk space where the index would be created"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"analyzedSha":"3fce3b5bb0236da2df6d99672afb8a719642eca7","analyzedAt":"2026-08-06T01:39:05.073Z","schemaVersion":2}