phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

You can not reopen this revision because configuration preve

Error message

You can not reopen this revision because configuration prevents any revision from being reopened. You can change this behavior by adjusting the "%s" setting in Config.

What it means

Error "You can not reopen this revision because configuration prevents any revision from being reopened. You can change this behavior by adjusting the "%s" setting in Config." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionReopenTransaction.php:56

    return !$object->isClosed();
  }

  public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
    $status_review = DifferentialRevisionStatus::NEEDS_REVIEW;
    $object->setModernRevisionStatus($status_review);
  }

  protected function validateAction($object, PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
    if (!$object->isPublished()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'You can not reopen this revision because it is not closed. '.
          'Only closed revisions can be reopened.'));
    }

    $config_key = 'differential.allow-reopen';
    if (!PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig($config_key)) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'You can not reopen this revision because configuration prevents '.
          'any revision from being reopened. You can change this behavior '.
          'by adjusting the "%s" setting in Config.',
          $config_key));
    }
  }

  public function getTitle() {
    return pht(
      '%s reopened this revision.',
      $this->renderAuthor());
  }

  public function getTitleForFeed() {
    return pht(
      '%s reopened %s.',
      $this->renderAuthor(),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionReopenTransaction.php:56 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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