getsops/sops · error

the dotenv store only supports emitting strings, got %T

Error message

the dotenv store only supports emitting strings, got %T

What it means

Error "the dotenv store only supports emitting strings, got %T" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at stores/dotenv/store.go:118

			if !ok {
				value = stores.ValToString(item.Value)
			} else {
				value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, "\n", "\\n")
			}

			line = fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s\n", item.Key, value)
		}
		buffer.WriteString(line)
	}
	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
}

// EmitValue returns a single value as bytes
func (Store) EmitValue(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
	if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
		return []byte(s), nil
	}
	return nil, fmt.Errorf("the dotenv store only supports emitting strings, got %T", v)
}

// EmitExample returns the bytes corresponding to an example Flat Tree runtime object
func (store *Store) EmitExample() []byte {
	bytes, err := store.EmitPlainFile(stores.ExampleFlatTree.Branches)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return bytes
}

// Deprecated: use stores.IsComplexValue() instead!
func IsComplexValue(v interface{}) bool {
	return stores.IsComplexValue(v)
}

// HasSopsTopLevelKey checks whether a top-level "sops" key exists.
func (store *Store) HasSopsTopLevelKey(branch sops.TreeBranch) bool {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at stores/dotenv/store.go:118 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/396078769de11c76. Report an issue: GitHub.