Merge pull request #374 from github/fix-empty-excepts

fix: comment when an empty except occurs explaining why no action is taken

Author: zkoppert

dependabot_file.py

@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ def build_dependabot_file(
                     )
                     break
             except github3.exceptions.NotFoundError:
+                # The file does not exist and is not required,
+                # so we should continue to the next one rather than raising error or logging
                 pass
 
     # detect package managers with variable file names
@@ -227,6 +229,8 @@ def build_dependabot_file(
                     )
                     break
         except github3.exceptions.NotFoundError:
+            # The file does not exist and is not required,
+            # so we should continue to the next one rather than raising error or logging
             pass
     if "github-actions" not in exempt_ecosystems_list:
         try:
@@ -261,6 +265,8 @@ def build_dependabot_file(
                     )
                     break
         except github3.exceptions.NotFoundError:
+            # The file does not exist and is not required,
+            # so we should continue to the next one rather than raising error or logging
             pass
 
     if any(package_managers_found.values()):

evergreen.py

@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ def check_existing_config(repo, filename):
         if existing_config.size > 0:
             return existing_config
     except github3.exceptions.NotFoundError:
+        # The file does not exist and is not required,
+        # so we should continue to the next one rather than raising error or logging
         pass
     return None