archive: raise error.Abort if the file pattern matches no files

Note that we could raise this exception even if no pattern were specified, but
the revision contained no files. However this should not happen in practice
since in that case commands.py/archive would exit earlier with an "no working
directory: please specify a revision" error message instead.

mercurial/archival.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 b' import scmutil, util, encoding'
 import cStringIO, os, tarfile, time, zipfile
 import zlib, gzip
 import struct
+import error
 
 # from unzip source code:
 _UNX_IFREG = 0x8000
@@ -288,8 +289,9 b' def archive(repo, dest, node, kind, deco'
         files = [f for f in ctx.manifest().keys() if matchfn(f)]
     else:
         files = ctx.manifest().keys()
+    total = len(files)
+    if total:
     files.sort()
-    total = len(files)
     repo.ui.progress(_('archiving'), 0, unit=_('files'), total=total)
     for i, f in enumerate(files):
         ff = ctx.flags(f)
@@ -302,6 +304,10 b' def archive(repo, dest, node, kind, deco'
         for subpath in sorted(ctx.substate):
             sub = ctx.sub(subpath)
             submatch = matchmod.narrowmatcher(subpath, matchfn)
-            sub.archive(repo.ui, archiver, prefix, submatch)
+            total += sub.archive(repo.ui, archiver, prefix, submatch)
+
+    if total == 0:
+        raise error.Abort(_('no files match the archive pattern'))
 
     archiver.done()
+    return total

mercurial/subrepo.py

@@ -423,6 +423,7 b' class abstractsubrepo(object):'
             ui.progress(_('archiving (%s)') % relpath, i + 1,
                         unit=_('files'), total=total)
         ui.progress(_('archiving (%s)') % relpath, None)
+        return total
 
     def walk(self, match):
         '''
@@ -580,14 +581,15 b' class hgsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):'
     @annotatesubrepoerror
     def archive(self, ui, archiver, prefix, match=None):
         self._get(self._state + ('hg',))
-        abstractsubrepo.archive(self, ui, archiver, prefix, match)
-
+        total = abstractsubrepo.archive(self, ui, archiver, prefix, match)
         rev = self._state[1]
         ctx = self._repo[rev]
         for subpath in ctx.substate:
             s = subrepo(ctx, subpath)
             submatch = matchmod.narrowmatcher(subpath, match)
-            s.archive(ui, archiver, os.path.join(prefix, self._path), submatch)
+            total += s.archive(
+                ui, archiver, os.path.join(prefix, self._path), submatch)
+        return total
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror
     def dirty(self, ignoreupdate=False):
@@ -1383,9 +1385,10 b' class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):'
                 os.remove(path)
 
     def archive(self, ui, archiver, prefix, match=None):
+        total = 0
         source, revision = self._state
         if not revision:
-            return
+            return total
         self._fetch(source, revision)
 
         # Parse git's native archive command.
@@ -1406,9 +1409,11 b' class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):'
                 data = tar.extractfile(info).read()
             archiver.addfile(os.path.join(prefix, self._path, info.name),
                              info.mode, info.issym(), data)
+            total += 1
             ui.progress(_('archiving (%s)') % relpath, i + 1,
                         unit=_('files'))
         ui.progress(_('archiving (%s)') % relpath, None)
+        return total
 
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror

tests/test-archive.t

@@ -289,6 +289,16 b' old file -- date clamped to 1980'
   *-----* (glob)
   \s*147\s+2 files (re)
 
+show an error when a provided pattern matches no files
+
+  $ hg archive -I file_that_does_not_exist.foo ../empty.zip
+  abort: no files match the archive pattern
+  [255]
+
+  $ hg archive -X * ../empty.zip
+  abort: no files match the archive pattern
+  [255]
+
   $ cd ..
 
 issue3600: check whether "hg archive" can create archive files which