zed-industries/zed · error · ValueError

tracked changes are present. Commit or stash them, or omit -

Error message

tracked changes are present. Commit or stash them, or omit --require-clean.

What it means

Error "tracked changes are present. Commit or stash them, or omit --require-clean." thrown in zed-industries/zed.

Source

Thrown at crates/eval_cli/zed_eval/source.py:245

    # remote (see `resolve_remote_ref`); it must be used verbatim because the
    # launcher may not have that commit fetched locally to `rev-parse`.
    if pre_resolved_base_sha:
        resolved_base_sha = pre_resolved_base_sha
    elif base_sha:
        resolved_base_sha = resolve_git_ref(base_sha)
    else:
        resolved_base_sha = current_base_sha()
    resolved_repo_url = repo_url or DEFAULT_REPO_URL
    patch = read_patch(patch_path, resolved_base_sha, clean=clean)
    patch_sha256 = sha256_text(patch) if patch.strip() else None
    untracked = [] if clean else untracked_files()
    is_dirty = bool(patch.strip())

    if untracked and not allow_untracked:
        raise ValueError(format_untracked_warning(untracked))

    if require_clean and is_dirty:
        raise ValueError(
            "tracked changes are present. Commit or stash them, or omit --require-clean."
        )

    return {
        "schema": SOURCE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
        "type": "git_patch",
        "repo_url": resolved_repo_url,
        "base_sha": resolved_base_sha,
        "base_ref": source_label or (base_sha if clean else current_ref_name()),
        "patch_sha256": patch_sha256,
        "is_dirty": is_dirty,
        "patch_path": "source.patch" if patch.strip() else None,
        "untracked_files": untracked,
        "untracked_files_included": False,
        "allow_untracked": allow_untracked,
        "require_clean": require_clean,
        "clean_source": clean,
    }, patch

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/eval_cli/zed_eval/source.py:245 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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