From 7089a3fbb4edf720606e979871528e0aa4d58ff2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Hughes <mhughes@edx.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 15:07:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] build: man. comm. fails more loudly when nothing to do

JIRA:EDUCATOR-5112
---
 cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/sync_courses.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/sync_courses.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/sync_courses.py
index 5f2c8801ac..a5dcfbb9ae 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/sync_courses.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/sync_courses.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         instructor = self.get_user(options['instructor'])
 
         course_runs = get_course_runs()
+        if len(course_runs) == 0:
+            raise CommandError('No course runs to synchronize')
         for course_run in course_runs:
             course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_run.get('key'))
             fields = {