X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch-reply.c;h=31e2c87cfe07651dec79d7c5fdc3286c0d865e61;hp=4a4a782b1636a269aa505f8b560f06eaa2cd337c;hb=394cb1c46d91a1bb28df9cc4a563e1115cc9af34;hpb=956917915f2cbeb43e04e9b98ad8301d0830c8c6

diff --git a/notmuch-reply.c b/notmuch-reply.c
index 4a4a782b..31e2c87c 100644
--- a/notmuch-reply.c
+++ b/notmuch-reply.c
@@ -196,16 +196,21 @@ notmuch_reply_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
     if (config == NULL)
 	return 1;
 
-    notmuch = notmuch_database_open (notmuch_config_get_database_path (config));
-    if (notmuch == NULL)
-	return 1;
-
     query_string = query_string_from_args (ctx, argc, argv);
     if (query_string == NULL) {
 	fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory\n");
 	return 1;
     }
 
+    if (*query_string == '\0') {
+	fprintf (stderr, "Error: notmuch reply requires at least one search term.\n");
+	return 1;
+    }
+
+    notmuch = notmuch_database_open (notmuch_config_get_database_path (config));
+    if (notmuch == NULL)
+	return 1;
+
     query = notmuch_query_create (notmuch, query_string);
     if (query == NULL) {
 	fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory\n");