phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Expected `git-lfs-authenticate <path> <operation>`, but rece

Error message

Expected `git-lfs-authenticate <path> <operation>`, but received too few arguments.

What it means

Error "Expected `git-lfs-authenticate <path> <operation>`, but received too few arguments." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/gitlfs/DiffusionGitLFSAuthenticateWorkflow.php:36

    return $this->loadRepositoryWithPath(
      $this->getLFSPathArgument(),
      PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_GIT);
  }

  private function getLFSPathArgument() {
    return $this->getLFSArgument(0);
  }

  private function getLFSOperationArgument() {
    return $this->getLFSArgument(1);
  }

  private function getLFSArgument($position) {
    $args = $this->getArgs();
    $argv = $args->getArg('argv');

    if (!isset($argv[$position])) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Expected `git-lfs-authenticate <path> <operation>`, but received '.
          'too few arguments.'));
    }

    return $argv[$position];
  }

  protected function executeRepositoryOperations() {
    $operation = $this->getLFSOperationArgument();

    // NOTE: We aren't checking write access here, even for "upload". The
    // HTTP endpoint should be able to do that for us.

    switch ($operation) {
      case 'upload':
      case 'download':
        break;

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/gitlfs/DiffusionGitLFSAuthenticateWorkflow.php:36 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Authentication and authorization failures — expired tokens, bad credentials, and missing scopes.

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