From e93e4cc11523657a6cd440f0ca3986fa71918219 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Ribble <eli@gleipnir.technology>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:00:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add function for avoiding 'if err != nil' constructs
 everywhere.

---
 sync/routes.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sync/routes.go b/sync/routes.go
index 1978fa43..ddaf1a63 100644
--- a/sync/routes.go
+++ b/sync/routes.go
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ func (e *errorWithStatus) Error() string {
 func newError(mesg_format string, args ...interface{}) *errorWithStatus {
 	return newErrorStatus(http.StatusInternalServerError, mesg_format, args...)
 }
+func newErrorMaybe(mesg_format string, err error, args ...interface{}) *errorWithStatus {
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	allArgs := append([]interface{}{err}, args...)
+	return newErrorStatus(http.StatusInternalServerError, mesg_format, allArgs...)
+}
 func newErrorStatus(status int, mesg_format string, args ...interface{}) *errorWithStatus {
 	w := fmt.Errorf(mesg_format, args...)
 	return &errorWithStatus{