From 1e4b0c0d3742bc953d5b21e3d901e94d1268c72f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:31:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] check for notes before deleting them

---
 autogen.go | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/autogen.go b/autogen.go
index c216716..8d78780 100644
--- a/autogen.go
+++ b/autogen.go
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ import (
 // del     : true means empty out existing notes, otherwise append
 func (repo *Repo) AutogenSave(files []string, refname string, del bool) error {
 	if del {
-		cmd := []string{"git", "notes", "remove", refname}
+		cmd := []string{"git", "notes", "show", refname}
 		if err := repo.StrictRun(cmd); err != nil {
-			return err
+			// if there are not any notes, no need to remove them
+		} else {
+			cmd := []string{"git", "notes", "remove", refname}
+			if err := repo.StrictRun(cmd); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	for _, fname := range files {