zed-industries/zed · error

user is empty in wsl argument

Error message

user is empty in wsl argument

What it means

Error "user is empty in wsl argument" thrown in zed-industries/zed.

Source

Thrown at crates/cli/src/main.rs:437

            parse_path_with_position(symlink_path.join("ec/tory/file.txt").to_str().unwrap())
                .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(result, expected);

        // Relative path
        let result = with_cwd(temp_tree.path(), || {
            parse_path_with_position("symlink/ec/tory/file.txt")
        })
        .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(result, expected);
    }
}

fn parse_path_in_wsl(source: &str, wsl: &str) -> Result<String> {
    let mut source = PathWithPosition::parse_str(source);

    let (user, distro_name) = if let Some((user, distro)) = wsl.split_once('@') {
        if user.is_empty() {
            anyhow::bail!("user is empty in wsl argument");
        }
        (Some(user), distro)
    } else {
        (None, wsl)
    };

    let mut args = vec!["--distribution", distro_name];
    if let Some(user) = user {
        args.push("--user");
        args.push(user);
    }

    let command = [
        OsStr::new("realpath"),
        OsStr::new("-s"),
        source.path.as_ref(),
    ];

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/cli/src/main.rs:437 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/8dc90709a02bf637. Report an issue: GitHub.