From 9cb72296fc610f8bb1f58027e5430635cefdd5ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:06:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix if

---
 .github/workflows/trigger_main.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml
index 43d7f3d..c29bb22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           cmd="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/METplus/metplus/component_versions.py -i METplotpy -v ${version} -o METplus -f main_v{X}.{Y}"
           echo $cmd
           metplus_branch=$($cmd)
-          if !git -C $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/METplus branch -l ${metplus_branch} --format '%(refname:short)'; then
-            echo "METplus branch ${metplus_branch} does not exist"
+          if [ -z "$(git -C $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/METplus branch -l ${metplus_branch} --format '%(refname:short)')" ]; then
+            echo "METplus branch ${metplus_branch} does not exist yet"
             exit 1
           fi
           echo "metplus_branch=${metplus_branch}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT