From 6d894d71ec2d98a783c8769a22b9fd5278b17b2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugh Rundle <hugh@hughrundle.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 16:59:51 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] stop pylint contradicting itself

---
 bookwyrm/views/helpers.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py b/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
index cee95fd3..052b661a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ from bookwyrm.status import create_generated_note
 from bookwyrm.utils import regex
 
 
+#pylint: disable=unnecessary-pass
 class WebFingerError(Exception):
     """empty error class for problems finding user information with webfinger"""
 
+    pass
 
 def get_user_from_username(viewer, username):
     """helper function to resolve a localname or a username to a user"""