Print task version before running tests

[etc/taskwarrior.git] / tasklib / task.py

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index e346f6704b627b5551edfb0bda8a4b2fc69bb002..0546e44312280b310d4d701751371234afee6257 100644 (file)
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ class TaskWarrior(object):
                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
         if p.returncode:
                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
         if p.returncode:

-            error_msg = stderr.strip().splitlines()[-1]
+            if stderr.strip():
+                error_msg = stderr.strip().splitlines()[-1]
+            else:
+                error_msg = stdout.strip()

             raise TaskWarriorException(error_msg)
         return stdout.strip().split('\n')
 
             raise TaskWarriorException(error_msg)
         return stdout.strip().split('\n')