Do not throw exception when no previous artifacts exist.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/enforcer-rule/src/main/java/org/semver/enforcer/AbstractEnforcerRule.java b/enforcer-rule/src/main/java/org/semver/enforcer/AbstractEnforcerRule.java
index 4f5a6f6..4eae532 100755
--- a/enforcer-rule/src/main/java/org/semver/enforcer/AbstractEnforcerRule.java
+++ b/enforcer-rule/src/main/java/org/semver/enforcer/AbstractEnforcerRule.java
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractEnforcerRule implements EnforcerRule {
             validateArtifact(previousArtifact);
             validateArtifact(currentArtifact);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new EnforcerRuleException("Exception while accessing artifacts", e);
+            helper.getLog().warn("Exception while accessing artifacts; skipping check.", e);
+            return;
+            //throw new EnforcerRuleException("Exception while accessing artifacts", e);
         }     
             
         final Version previous = Version.parse(previousArtifact.getVersion());