From aba91c88cba3538674d85378fcfe4105d5cc9694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 15:10:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] another try

got some odd complaints from git last time.
---
 scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index 491b77a9..1ae3494a 100644
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ function check_branch_state()
 {
   local branch="$1"; shift
 
+  if [ -z "$branch" ]; then
+    echo "No branch was passed to check branch state."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
   local to_return=120  # unknown issue.
 
   local local_branch=$(git rev-parse @)
-- 
2.34.1