TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

[Random IT Sec Dude]

Hi,

the script threw the following error when scanning
https://github.com/nbsullivan/hashtagcluster/blob/71c978ee41dc1ccdbdba8ee93507a2e418798ece/data/results/emmybatchpreds/#Emmys_batch5080usercount.csv :

Failed check: Ignore Fuzzy Signature on Contents (100% Similarity)
Skipping...
https://github.com/nbsullivan/hashtagcluster/blob/71c978ee41dc1ccdbdba8ee93507a2e418798ece/data/results/emmybatchpreds/#Emmys_batch5080usercount.csv
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gitgot.py", line 374, in <module>
    main()
  File "./gitgot.py", line 370, in main
    api_request_loop(state)
  File "./gitgot.py", line 246, in api_request_loop
    if should_parse(repo, state) or stepBack:
  File "./gitgot.py", line 102, in should_parse
    candidate_sig = ssdeep.hash(repo.decoded_content)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/github/ContentFile.py", line 62, in decoded_content
    assert self.encoding == "base64", "unsupported encoding: %s" % self.encoding
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/github/ContentFile.py", line 82, in encoding
    self._completeIfNotSet(self._encoding)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/github/GithubObject.py", line 265, in _completeIfNotSet
    self._completeIfNeeded()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/github/GithubObject.py", line 269, in _completeIfNeeded
    self.__complete()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/github/GithubObject.py", line 276, in __complete
    self._storeAndUseAttributes(headers, data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/github/GithubObject.py", line 100, in _storeAndUseAttributes
    self._useAttributes(attributes)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/github/ContentFile.py", line 192, in _useAttributes
    if "content" in attributes:  # pragma no branch
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

[Jake Miller]

Hi KBCShared,

Thank you for the bug report! This is actually an issue in PyGithub due to oddities with the way the '#' character (server-side not client side) is used in the GitHub API. I created a temporary fix in GitGot until this is fixed in PyGithub.

Thank you!

Jake