getsops/sops · error

error getting user's home directory: %w

Error message

error getting user's home directory: %w

What it means

Error "error getting user's home directory: %w" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at hcvault/keysource.go:440

	if client.Token() == "" {
		if token, err = userVaultToken(); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot get Vault token: %w", err)
		}
		if token != "" {
			client.SetToken(token)
		}
	}

	return client, nil
}

// userVaultToken returns the token from `$HOME/.vault-token` if the file
// exists. It returns an error if the file exists but cannot be read from.
// If the file does not exist, it returns an empty string.
func userVaultToken() (string, error) {
	homePath, err := homedir.Dir()
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("error getting user's home directory: %w", err)
	}
	tokenPath := filepath.Join(homePath, defaultTokenFile)

	f, err := os.Open(tokenPath)
	if err != nil {
		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
			return "", nil
		}
		return "", err
	}
	defer f.Close()

	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
	if _, err := io.Copy(buf, f); err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()), nil
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hcvault/keysource.go:440 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of getsops/sops@13442bb981 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4c27dc0a2986c58c. Report an issue: GitHub.