phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

Specify a configuration key to delete.

Error message

Specify a configuration key to delete.

What it means

Error "Specify a configuration key to delete." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementDeleteWorkflow.php:31

          array(
            'name'  => 'database',
            'help'  => pht(
              'Delete configuration in the database instead of '.
              'in local configuration.'),
          ),
          array(
            'name'      => 'args',
            'wildcard'  => true,
          ),
        ));
  }

  public function execute(PhutilArgumentParser $args) {
    $console = PhutilConsole::getConsole();

    $argv = $args->getArg('args');
    if (count($argv) == 0) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht('Specify a configuration key to delete.'));
    }

    $key = $argv[0];

    if (count($argv) > 1) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht('Too many arguments: expected one key.'));
    }


    $use_database = $args->getArg('database');
    if ($use_database) {
      $config = new PhabricatorConfigDatabaseSource('default');
      $config_type = 'database';
    } else {
      $config = new PhabricatorConfigLocalSource();
      $config_type = 'local';

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementDeleteWorkflow.php:31 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/0e53382580ba1f16. Report an issue: GitHub.