jdx/mise · error

a repository url is required

Error message

a repository url is required

What it means

Input validation in origin set_inner(): the URL passed to `mise bootstrap dotfiles origin set` was empty or whitespace after trimming, so there is no repository to connect to. Fires on `... origin set ""` or a missing argument.

Source

Thrown at src/system/history/sync/origin.rs:74

            );
            return Err(match result {
                Err(err) => err.wrap_err(message),
                Ok(()) => eyre::eyre!(message),
            });
        }
    }
    result
}

async fn set_inner(
    store: &Store,
    tracked: &TrackedSet,
    opts: &SetOptions,
    accepted: &mut bool,
    preview_lock: &mut Option<fslock::LockFile>,
) -> Result<()> {
    if opts.url.trim().is_empty() {
        bail!("a repository url is required");
    }
    let repo = store
        .repo()
        .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("connecting a setup repository requires git"))?;
    let state_dir = store.state_dir();
    // This is the disposable preview repository. The connected repository's
    // remote-tracking ref remains untouched unless the connection is confirmed.
    let remote = Remote::new(repo, &opts.url);
    if !remote.fetch(&opts.branch)? && repo.ref_oid(UPSTREAM_REF)?.is_some() {
        repo.delete_ref(UPSTREAM_REF)?;
    }
    let upstream = repo.ref_oid(UPSTREAM_REF)?;
    let repo_state = format::detect(repo, upstream.as_deref())?;
    repo_state.check()?;

    run::capture_now(store, tracked);
    let shared = share::current(repo, tracked)?;
    // the connection as it was: another repository or branch starts from a

View on GitHub (pinned to afd2eddd3a)

Solutions

1. Supply a valid repository URL to `origin set`
2. Use `origin --remove` instead if the intent was to disconnect
3. Re-run set with a non-empty trimmed URL

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/system/history/sync/origin.rs:74 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of jdx/mise@afd2eddd3a (2026-09-09). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2d0d6a4ea6decf2a. Report an issue: GitHub.