From 8fa18d0da24682bdb26e25c3439b539ea0189aa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Beckingham <paul@beckingham.net>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 23:16:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Bug #761

- Fixed bug #761, in which the 'prepend' and 'append' commands failed to
  generate an error when no text was provided (thanks to Aikido Guy).
---
 ChangeLog       | 2 ++
 src/command.cpp | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 32d8a1a3c..92107bc29 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
    are quoted (thanks to Duane Waddle).
  + Applied patch for Bug #746, which added missing documentation for the 'entry'
    report column (thanks to Duane Waddle).
+ + Fixed bug #761, in which the 'prepend' and 'append' commands failed to
+   generate an error when no text was provided (thanks to Aikido Guy).
  + Fixed bug #762, #763, so that modifications to tasks are considered 'write'
    commands, and therefore update shadow files (thanks to Aikido Guy).
  + Applied patch for Bug #770, which fixed a broken build (thanks to Christopher
diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index 3a866738f..85700dc4a 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -1946,6 +1946,9 @@ int handleModify (std::string& outs)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int handleAppend (std::string& outs)
 {
+  if (!context.task.has ("description"))
+    throw std::string ("Additional text must be provided.");
+
   int rc = 0;
   int count = 0;
   std::stringstream out;
@@ -2027,6 +2030,9 @@ int handleAppend (std::string& outs)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int handlePrepend (std::string& outs)
 {
+  if (!context.task.has ("description"))
+    throw std::string ("Additional text must be provided.");
+
   int rc = 0;
   int count = 0;
   std::stringstream out;