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Diffstat (limited to 'openstackclient/common/utils.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | openstackclient/common/utils.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/openstackclient/common/utils.py b/openstackclient/common/utils.py index 01a40e74..d1c7970a 100644 --- a/openstackclient/common/utils.py +++ b/openstackclient/common/utils.py @@ -200,8 +200,14 @@ def sort_items(items, sort_str): reverse = False if ':' in sort_key: sort_key, direction = sort_key.split(':', 1) + if not sort_key: + msg = "empty string is not a valid sort key" + raise exceptions.CommandError(msg) if direction not in ['asc', 'desc']: - msg = "Specify sort direction by asc or desc" + if not direction: + direction = "empty string" + msg = ("%s is not a valid sort direction for sort key %s, " + "use asc or desc instead" % (direction, sort_key)) raise exceptions.CommandError(msg) if direction == 'desc': reverse = True |