phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

Specify a value to set the configuration key "%s" to, or use

Error message

Specify a value to set the configuration key "%s" to, or use "--stdin" to read a value from stdin.

What it means

Error "Specify a value to set the configuration key "%s" to, or use "--stdin" to read a value from stdin." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php:55

    }

    $is_stdin = $args->getArg('stdin');

    $key = $argv[0];

    if ($is_stdin) {
      if (count($argv) > 1) {
        throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
          pht(
            'Too many arguments: expected only a configuration key when '.
            'using "--stdin".'));
      }

      fprintf(STDERR, tsprintf("%s\n", pht('Reading value from stdin...')));
      $value = file_get_contents('php://stdin');
    } else {
      if (count($argv) == 1) {
        throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
          pht(
            'Specify a value to set the configuration key "%s" to, or '.
            'use "--stdin" to read a value from stdin.',
            $key));
      }

      if (count($argv) > 2) {
        throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
          pht(
            'Too many arguments: expected one key and one value.'));
      }

      $value = $argv[1];
    }

    $options = PhabricatorApplicationConfigOptions::loadAllOptions();
    if (empty($options[$key])) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php:55 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/c5d003e0495681ec. Report an issue: GitHub.