pcottle/learnGitBranching · warning · GitError

hg-error-no-status

Error message

hg-error-no-status

What it means

The LearnGitBranching Mercurial mode deliberately does not implement `hg status` (or `hg st`). The command definition exists only to match the regex and immediately raise a GitError with the localized 'hg-error-no-status' message telling the user that feature isn't supported.

Source

Thrown at src/js/mercurial/commands.js:36

    ],
    delegate: function(engine, command) {
      var options = command.getOptionsMap();
      if (options['-A']) {
        command.addWarning(intl.str('hg-a-option'));
      }

      return {
        vcs: 'git',
        name: 'commit'
      };
    }
  },

  status: {
    regex: /^hg +(status|st) *$/,
    dontCountForGolf: true,
    execute: function(engine, command) {
      throw new GitError({
        msg: intl.str('hg-error-no-status')
      });
    }
  },

  'export': {
    regex: /^hg +export($|\s)/,
    dontCountForGolf: true,
    delegate: function(engine, command) {
      command.mapDotToHead();
      return {
        vcs: 'git',
        name: 'show'
      };
    }
  },

  graft: {

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Solutions

1. Use the visualization tree itself to inspect state instead of `hg status`
2. Switch back to git mode (`git status` is supported) if you need the command
3. Do not author hg levels that require status

if (mode === 'hg' && /^(status|st)\s*$/.test(cmd.trim())) { inform('hg status is not supported'); } else { dispatch(cmd); }

try { engine.dispatch('hg status'); } catch (e) { if (e instanceof GitError) { showMsg(e.msg); } else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: Running `hg status` or `hg st` while the sandbox is in mercurial mode. Any invocation unconditionally throws — there is no code path that succeeds.

Common situations: Users exploring hg mode expecting parity with git's `git status`; scripts or level solutions that try to use status to inspect the tree.

Related errors

• hg-error-log-no-follow
• -m and -d are incompatible
• -r is incompatible with -d
• -r is incompatible with -m
• git-error-options

AI-assisted analysis of pcottle/learnGitBranching@5b09d0ff96 (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/25986e2e3a626d16. Report an issue: GitHub.