getsops/sops · error

invalid dotenv input line: %s

Error message

invalid dotenv input line: %s

What it means

Error "invalid dotenv input line: %s" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at stores/dotenv/store.go:62

// LoadPlainFile returns the contents of a plaintext file loaded onto a
// sops runtime object
func (store *Store) LoadPlainFile(in []byte) (sops.TreeBranches, error) {
	var branches sops.TreeBranches
	var branch sops.TreeBranch

	for _, line := range bytes.Split(in, []byte("\n")) {
		if len(line) == 0 {
			continue
		}
		if line[0] == '#' {
			branch = append(branch, sops.TreeItem{
				Key:   sops.Comment{Value: string(line[1:])},
				Value: nil,
			})
		} else {
			pos := bytes.Index(line, []byte("="))
			if pos == -1 {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid dotenv input line: %s", line)
			}
			branch = append(branch, sops.TreeItem{
				Key:   string(line[:pos]),
				Value: strings.Replace(string(line[pos+1:]), "\\n", "\n", -1),
			})
		}
	}

	branches = append(branches, branch)
	return branches, nil
}

// EmitEncryptedFile returns the encrypted file's bytes corresponding to a sops
// runtime object
func (store *Store) EmitEncryptedFile(in sops.Tree) ([]byte, error) {
	branches, err := stores.SerializeMetadata(in, stores.MetadataOpts{
		Flatten: stores.MetadataFlattenFull,
	})

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at stores/dotenv/store.go:62 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/9a41a38e42c36b41. Report an issue: GitHub.