From 5439bb88ec8ed2473c82f20a646d9376c2727aff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Curtis <105217023+dinosaursrarr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 20:26:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle background push without installation ID (#1066)

Addressed https://github.com/tidbyt/pixlet/issues/1003. Someone got confused enough to write in (and I don't blame them). Seems more user friendly to point out the problem than to silently do nothing.
---
 cmd/push.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/push.go b/cmd/push.go
index 50ca5fe9d3..3934e8fc7c 100644
--- a/cmd/push.go
+++ b/cmd/push.go
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func push(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		installationID = args[2]
 	}
 
+	if background && len(installationID) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Background push won't do anything unless you also specify an installation ID")	
+	}
+
 	if apiToken == "" {
 		apiToken = os.Getenv(APITokenEnv)
 	}