config: give a meaningful error message for empty targets

GothenburgBitFactory · Feb 7, 2015 · 7d910ff · 7d910ff
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commit 7d910ff
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diff --git a/bugwarrior/config.py b/bugwarrior/config.py
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ def validate_config(config, main_section):
         die("No targets= item in [%s] found." % main_section)
 
     targets = config.get(main_section, 'targets')
-    targets = [t.strip() for t in targets.split(",")]
+    targets = filter(lambda t: len(t), [t.strip() for t in targets.split(",")])
+
+    if not targets:
+        die("Empty targets= item in [%s]." % main_section)
 
     for target in targets:
         if target not in config.sections():