From f6cb3ed7b1f7079bec6a7c70614b5aaa572dc721 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kevinmenden <kevin.menden@t-online.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 14:12:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] don't exit when no commit is found

---
 nf_core/modules/module_utils.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nf_core/modules/module_utils.py b/nf_core/modules/module_utils.py
index d188e6d8b6..24172fb4eb 100644
--- a/nf_core/modules/module_utils.py
+++ b/nf_core/modules/module_utils.py
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ def create_modules_json(pipeline_dir):
 
                     modules_json["repos"][repo_name][module_name] = {"git_sha": correct_commit_sha}
                 except (UserWarning, LookupError) as e:
-                    log.error(e)
-                    raise UserWarning("Will not create 'modules.json' file")
+                    log.warn(
+                        f"Could not fetch 'git_sha' for module: '{module_name}'. Please try to install a newer version of this module. ({e})"
+                    )
     modules_json_path = os.path.join(pipeline_dir, "modules.json")
     with open(modules_json_path, "w") as fh:
         json.dump(modules_json, fh, indent=4)