phacility/phabricator · error · DiffusionCommitHookRejectException

ENORMOUS CHANGE Enormous change protection is enabled for th

Error message

ENORMOUS CHANGE
Enormous change protection is enabled for this repository, but you are pushing an enormous change ("%s"). Edit the repository configuration before making enormous changes.

Content Exception: %s

What it means

Error "ENORMOUS CHANGE Enormous change protection is enabled for this repository, but you are pushing an enormous change ("%s"). Edit the repository configuration before making enormous changes. Content Exception: %s" thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/engine/DiffusionCommitHookEngine.php:1179

        if ($this->changesetsSize + $size <= $cache_limit) {
          $this->changesets[$identifier] = $changesets;
          $this->changesetsSize += $size;
        }
      } catch (Exception $ex) {
        $this->changesets[$identifier] = $ex;

        $message = pht(
          'ENORMOUS CHANGE'.
          "\n".
          'Enormous change protection is enabled for this repository, but '.
          'you are pushing an enormous change ("%s"). Edit the repository '.
          'configuration before making enormous changes.'.
          "\n\n".
          "Content Exception: %s",
          $identifier,
          $ex->getMessage());

        throw new DiffusionCommitHookRejectException($message);
      }
    }
  }

  private function loadChangesetsForCommit($identifier) {
    $byte_limit = HeraldCommitAdapter::getEnormousByteLimit();
    $time_limit = HeraldCommitAdapter::getEnormousTimeLimit();

    $vcs = $this->getRepository()->getVersionControlSystem();
    switch ($vcs) {
      case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_GIT:
      case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_MERCURIAL:
        // For git and hg, we can use normal commands.
        $drequest = DiffusionRequest::newFromDictionary(
          array(
            'repository' => $this->getRepository(),
            'user' => $this->getViewer(),
            'commit' => $identifier,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/engine/DiffusionCommitHookEngine.php:1179 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ab670c6b4a9e3534. Report an issue: GitHub.