From 173cb546b7523e792e9c3f1344e1f53d8052ac38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eryu Xia <skywalkerrover@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 11:21:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix release notes script to handle empty PR descriptions.
 (#1196)

---
 scripts/release_notes.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/release_notes.py b/scripts/release_notes.py
index 2fd1f17..4147076 100644
--- a/scripts/release_notes.py
+++ b/scripts/release_notes.py
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ class ProcessChangelog:
                 if pr['merged_at'] is None: # not merged
                     continue
                 label_level = self._get_pr_label_level(pr['labels'])
-                m = re.search(r'author: ?@([A-Za-z\d-]+)', pr['body'])
+                m = None if pr['body'] is None else re.search(
+                    r'author: ?@([A-Za-z\d-]+)', pr['body'])
                 if m:
                     author = m[1] # author attribution override
                 else: