From 8e76a6281563341fc755cb587a469debe52d6a2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:15:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Show error message when save_as_session has too many path
 arguments

---
 kitty/session.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kitty/session.py b/kitty/session.py
index 610177f92..11bbcacf8 100644
--- a/kitty/session.py
+++ b/kitty/session.py
@@ -719,6 +719,10 @@ def default_save_as_session_opts() -> SaveAsSessionOptions:
 
 def save_as_session(boss: BossType, cmdline: Sequence[str]) -> None:
     opts, args = parse_save_as_options_spec_args(list(cmdline))
+    if args and len(args) > 1:
+        boss.show_error(_('Invalid save_as_session command line'), _(
+            'save_as_session must have no more than a single path argument. Note that any flags/options should come before the path'))
+        return
     path = args[0] if args else ''
     if path == '.':
         sn = boss.active_session