cmd/api: handle empty API file, ignore -next in release

R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6298063

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/cmd/api/goapi.go b/src/cmd/api/goapi.go
index 3beb7d4b71..ad1c6bb8ca 100644
--- a/src/cmd/api/goapi.go
+++ b/src/cmd/api/goapi.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ func setContexts() {
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if !strings.Contains(runtime.Version(), "weekly") {
+		if *nextFile != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("Go version is %q, ignoring -next %s\n", runtime.Version(), *nextFile)
+			*nextFile = ""
+		}
+	}
+
 	if *forceCtx != "" {
 		setContexts()
 	}
@@ -235,7 +243,11 @@ func fileFeatures(filename string) []string {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error reading file %s: %v", filename, err)
 	}
-	return strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(bs)), "\n")
+	text := strings.TrimSpace(string(bs))
+	if text == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return strings.Split(text, "\n")
 }
 
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