From eac0e43023e2ba7e4f0e865916f2f2bd81049dcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Slug-Boi <theis.p.holm@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 17:28:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: if author file was not set empty string not caught

---
 src/cmd/utils/author_file_utils.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/utils/author_file_utils.go b/src/cmd/utils/author_file_utils.go
index af74039..58bee17 100644
--- a/src/cmd/utils/author_file_utils.go
+++ b/src/cmd/utils/author_file_utils.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ func Find_authorfile() string {
 			cfg, _ := LoadConfig()
 			cfg.SetGlobalConfig()
 		}
-		
+		if ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile == "" {
+			panic("No author file found, please set the author_file in the config file or set the environment variable 'author_file'")
+		}
 		return ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile
 	} else {
 		return os.Getenv("author_file")