From 65acf70df4ab3a2a35f10dc6a54826a206a55b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <gpg@ankiweb.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 18:57:41 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] handle case when .ftl file doesn't exist yet

---
 ftl/duplicate-string.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ftl/duplicate-string.py b/ftl/duplicate-string.py
index 32a38d2a7..9f44d8b7a 100644
--- a/ftl/duplicate-string.py
+++ b/ftl/duplicate-string.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ def write_entry(fname, key, entry):
     entry.id.name = key
 
     if not os.path.exists(fname):
-        return
-
-    with open(fname) as file:
-        orig = file.read()
+        orig = ""
+    else:
+        with open(fname) as file:
+            orig = file.read()
     obj = parse(orig)
     for ent in obj.body:
         if isinstance(ent, Junk):