Merge pull request #476 from tbunnyman/fixAutorunInfLoop

Fix autorun inf loop

pelican/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from pelican.generators import (ArticlesGenerator, PagesGenerator,
         StaticGenerator, PdfGenerator, LessCSSGenerator)
 from pelican.log import init
 from pelican.settings import read_settings, _DEFAULT_CONFIG
-from pelican.utils import clean_output_dir, files_changed, file_changed
+from pelican.utils import clean_output_dir, files_changed, file_changed, NoFilesError
 from pelican.writers import Writer
 
 __major__ = 3
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ def main():
 
     try:
         if args.autoreload:
+            files_found_error = True
             while True:
                 try:
                     # Check source dir for changed files ending with the given
@@ -274,6 +275,8 @@ def main():
                     # have.
                     if files_changed(pelican.path, pelican.markup) or \
                             files_changed(pelican.theme, ['']):
+                        if files_found_error == False:
+                            files_found_error = True
                         pelican.run()
 
                     # reload also if settings.py changed
@@ -287,6 +290,10 @@ def main():
                 except KeyboardInterrupt:
                     logger.warning("Keyboard interrupt, quitting.")
                     break
+                except NoFilesError:
+                    if files_found_error == True:
+                        logger.warning("No valid files found in content. Nothing to generate.")
+                        files_found_error = False
                 except Exception, e:
                     logger.warning(
                         "Caught exception \"{}\". Reloading.".format(e)

pelican/utils.py

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ from operator import attrgetter
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+class NoFilesError(Exception):
+    pass
+
 
 def get_date(string):
     """Return a datetime object from a string.
@@ -241,10 +244,13 @@ def files_changed(path, extensions):
                     yield os.stat(os.path.join(root, f)).st_mtime
 
     global LAST_MTIME
-    mtime = max(file_times(path))
-    if mtime > LAST_MTIME:
-        LAST_MTIME = mtime
-        return True
+    try:
+        mtime = max(file_times(path))
+        if mtime > LAST_MTIME:
+            LAST_MTIME = mtime
+            return True
+    except ValueError:
+        raise NoFilesError("No files with the given extension(s) found.")
     return False