phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

Specify the configuration key you want to set.

Error message

Specify the configuration key you want to set.

What it means

Error "Specify the configuration key you want to set." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php:35

            'help'  => pht(
              'Update configuration in the database instead of '.
              'in local configuration.'),
          ),
          array(
            'name' => 'stdin',
            'help' => pht('Read option value from stdin.'),
          ),
          array(
            'name'      => 'args',
            'wildcard'  => true,
          ),
        ));
  }

  public function execute(PhutilArgumentParser $args) {
    $argv = $args->getArg('args');
    if (!$argv) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht('Specify the configuration key you want to set.'));
    }

    $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 {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php:35 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/da4517b35d3d1dde. Report an issue: GitHub.