From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:39:26 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: now complains about attempts to do nothing
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.92^2~21
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b8aa3c0b842a630c3ea0222a36471275351314a2

now complains about attempts to do nothing
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diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index 4ea5ab53..2e221491 100644
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -421,8 +421,16 @@ function perform_revctrl_action_on_file()
 
   save_terminal_title
 
+  local first_run=true
+
   while read -u 3 dirname; do
-    if [ -z "$dirname" ]; then continue; fi
+    if [ -z "$dirname" ]; then
+      if [ ! -z "$first_run" ]; then
+        echo "There was nothing to do the action '$action' on."
+      fi
+      break
+    fi
+    unset first_run
     pushd "$dirname" &>/dev/null
     echo "[$(pwd)]"
     $action .