zed-industries/zed · error

--diff path does not exist: {diff_path}

Error message

--diff path does not exist: {diff_path}

What it means

Error "--diff path does not exist: {diff_path}" thrown in zed-industries/zed.

Source

Thrown at crates/cli/src/main.rs:651

    let exit_status = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
    let mut paths = vec![];
    let mut urls = vec![];
    let mut diff_paths = vec![];
    let mut stdin_tmp_file: Option<fs::File> = None;
    let mut anonymous_fd_tmp_files = vec![];

    // Check if any diff paths are directories to determine diff_all mode
    let diff_all_mode = args
        .diff
        .chunks(2)
        .any(|pair| Path::new(&pair[0]).is_dir() || Path::new(&pair[1]).is_dir());

    for path in args.diff.chunks(2) {
        let left = parse_path_with_position(&path[0])?;
        let right = parse_path_with_position(&path[1])?;
        for diff_path in [&left, &right] {
            anyhow::ensure!(
                diff_path_exists(diff_path),
                "--diff path does not exist: {diff_path}"
            );
        }
        diff_paths.push([left, right]);
    }

    let (expanded_diff_paths, temp_dirs) = expand_directory_diff_pairs(diff_paths)?;
    diff_paths = expanded_diff_paths;
    // Prevent automatic cleanup of temp directories containing empty stub files
    // for directory diffs. The CLI process may exit before Zed has read these
    // files (e.g., when RPC-ing into an already-running instance). The files
    // live in the OS temp directory and will be cleaned up on reboot.
    for temp_dir in temp_dirs {
        let _ = temp_dir.keep();
    }

    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/cli/src/main.rs:651 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@bc538def45 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3df31e2e2f02d67f. Report an issue: GitHub.