Back to Codeberg

Better error messages #448

forgejo-contrib-forgejo-cli-issues-448.md

latest11.9 KB
Original Source

forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli

Watch20

Star402

Fork

You've already forked forgejo-cli

51

CodeIssues 44Pull requests 8Releases 11Packages 2WikiActivity

Better error messages #448

New issue

Open

opened 2026-05-01 22:32:28 +02:00 by Cyborus · 1 comment

Cyborus commented 2026-05-01 22:32:28 +02:00

Member

Copy link

Issue

A lot of the error messages in fj are unhelpful, or even misleading. This issue is to track the improvement of them all in one place. Error messages that need work can be brought up in a comment on this issue, and they'll be added to the list in the issue body.

Note that this is different from #112. That is about the appearance of errors, while this is about the content of them.


  1. no repo info specified

  2. when no host information is found. It should say that it could not find the Forgejo instance and how to supply that.

  3. when the repository name cannot be found, but the host can.

  4. when in detached HEAD state. It should explain that it cannot find the remote without a branch.

  5. unknown remote object format 'sha256';. git2 doesn't support SHA256 repos. It should explain that they aren't supported and to use git clone instead.

(more to be added as they come up)

Code of Conduct

  • I agree to act in accordance with the CoC & AI Agreement.
  • This issue was not generated by an LLM, even in part.

Issue A lot of the error messages in fj are unhelpful, or even misleading. This issue is to track the improvement of them all in one place. Error messages that need work can be brought up in a comment on this issue, and they'll be added to the list in the issue body. Note that this is different from #112. That is about the appearance of errors, while this is about the content of them. --- 1. [] no repo info specified 1. [] when no *host* information is found. It should say that it could not find the Forgejo instance and how to supply that. 2. [] when the repository name cannot be found, but the host can. 3. [] when in detached HEAD state. It should explain that it cannot find the remote without a branch. 2. [] unknown remote object format 'sha256';. git2 doesn't support SHA256 repos. It should explain that they aren't supported and to use git clone instead. (more to be added as they come up) ### Code of Conduct - [x] I agree to act in accordance with the CoC & AI Agreement. - [x] This issue was not generated by an LLM, even in part.

Cyborus added the Kind/Enhancement label 2026-05-01 22:32:28 +02:00

Cyborus referenced this issue 2026-05-01 22:34:44 +02:00 fj repo clone fails with "unknown remote object format 'sha256'" #445

Cyborus referenced this issue 2026-05-01 22:35:07 +02:00 fj pr checkout raises "Error: no repo info specified" when not on a branch #439

Cyborus pinned this 2026-05-01 22:36:02 +02:00

f44 referenced this issue 2026-05-04 22:03:11 +02:00 Error message when adding a label to an issue #451

SLASHLogin commented 2026-05-17 17:52:21 +02:00

Copy link

When repo is cloned using SSH with custom port, the tool incorrectly converts it to HTTPS. SSH sends header, thus the following SSL error. Message could at least display the formatted URL :

Edit: I've never noticed the error message. But at least maybe we should handle this case, or make a suggestion to set the alias, when the port is not standard.

text
$ fj actions tasks
Error: error sending request for url (https://forgejo.slashlogin.dev:30022/api/v1/repos/SLASHLogin/forgejo-cli/actions/tasks?page=1&limit=20)

Caused by:
   0: client error (Connect)
   1: error:0A00010B:SSL routines:tls_validate_record_header:wrong version number:ssl/record/methods/tlsany_meth.c:77:
   2: error:0A00010B:SSL routines:tls_validate_record_header:wrong version number:ssl/record/methods/tlsany_meth.c:77:

Location:
    src/actions.rs:162:15

The error is produced at: https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/src/branch/main/src/actions.rs#L162-L170

Not sure if this fits into the message improvement task.

When repo is cloned using SSH with custom port, the tool incorrectly converts it to HTTPS. SSH sends header, thus the following SSL error. Message could at least display the formatted URL : Edit: I've never noticed the error message. But at least maybe we should handle this case, or make a suggestion to set the alias, when the port is not standard. $ fj actions tasks Error: error sending request for url (https://forgejo.slashlogin.dev:30022/api/v1/repos/SLASHLogin/forgejo-cli/actions/tasks?page=1&limit=20) Caused by: 0: client error (Connect) 1: error:0A00010B:SSL routines:tls_validate_record_header:wrong version number:ssl/record/methods/tlsany_meth.c:77: 2: error:0A00010B:SSL routines:tls_validate_record_header:wrong version number:ssl/record/methods/tlsany_meth.c:77: Location: src/actions.rs:162:15 The error is produced at: https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/src/branch/main/src/actions.rs#L162-L170 Not sure if this fits into the message improvement task.

Fluffinity referenced this issue 2026-06-14 22:29:54 +02:00 Unexpected status code 410 Gone when migrating repo from Github to Codeberg #501

Sign in to join this conversation.

No Branch/Tag specified

BranchesTags

main

renovate/lock-file-maintenance

renovate/serde-saphyr-0.x

docs/contributing

no-port-in-refspec

login/v16.next.forgejo.org

crates-io-publish

0.5.x

compile-time-fluent

0.4.x

localization-alias-demo

api_url_field

v0.5.0

v0.4.1

v0.4.0

v0.3.0

v0.2.0

v0.1.1

v0.1.0

v0.0.4

v0.0.3

v0.0.2

v0.0.1

Labels

Clear labels[ Kind/Breaking Breaking change that won't be backward compatible

](#)[ Kind/Bug Something is not working

](#)[ Kind/Design Discussion about UI/UX design

](#)[ Kind/Documentation Documentation changes

](#)[ Kind/Enhancement Improve existing functionality

](#)[ Kind/Feature New functionality

](#)[ Kind/Security This is security issue

](#)[ Kind/Testing Issue or pull request related to testing

](#)[ Kind/Upstream This is an issue with upstream software (Forgejo) that is probably not our fault

](#)

[ Priority

Critical The priority is critical

](#)[ Priority

High The priority is high

](#)[ Priority

Low The priority is low

](#)[ Priority

Medium The priority is medium

](#)

[ Reviewed

Confirmed Issue has been confirmed

](#)[ Reviewed

Duplicate This issue or pull request already exists

](#)[ Reviewed

Invalid Invalid issue

](#)[ Reviewed

Won't Fix This issue won't be fixed

](#)

[ Status

Abandoned Somebody has started to work on this but abandoned work

](#)[ Status

Blocked Something is blocking this issue or pull request

](#)[ Status

Need More Info Feedback is required to reproduce issue or to continue work

](#)

[ Suspicious

](#)

No labels Kind/Breaking Kind/Bug Kind/Design Kind/Documentation Kind/Enhancement Kind/Feature Kind/Security Kind/Testing Kind/Upstream [ Priority

Critical ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173012) [ Priority

High ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173013) [ Priority

Low ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173015) [ Priority

Medium ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173014) [ Reviewed

Confirmed ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173007) [ Reviewed

Duplicate ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173005) [ Reviewed

Invalid ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173006) [ Reviewed

Won't Fix ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173008) [ Status

Abandoned ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173011) [ Status

Blocked ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173010) [ Status

Need More Info ](/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli/issues?labels=173009) Suspicious

Milestone

Clear milestone

No items

No milestone

Projects

Clear projects

No items

No project

Assignees

Clear assignees

No assignees

2 participants

Notifications Subscribe

Due date

The due date is invalid or out of range. Please use the format "yyyy-mm-dd".

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference

forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli#448

WritePreview

Loading…

Add table

| Rows | | | Columns | |

CancelOK

Add a link

Url Description Hint: With a URL in your clipboard, you can paste directly into the editor to create a link.

CancelOK

CancelSave

Reference in a new issue

Repository

forgejo-contrib/forgejo-cli

Title

Body

Create issue

No description provided.

Delete branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?

No Yes