ValueError is more generic than JSONDecodeError #141

mwouts · Dec 15, 2018 · 830e0e5 · 830e0e5
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diff --git a/jupytext/cli.py b/jupytext/cli.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def convert_notebook_files(nb_files, fmt, input_format=None, output=None, pre_co
         if update_metadata:
             try:
                 updated_metadata = json.loads(update_metadata)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError as exception:
+            except ValueError as exception:
                 raise ValueError("Could not parse --update-metadata {}. JSONDecodeError: {}".
                                  format(update_metadata, str(exception)))
             recursive_update(notebook.metadata, updated_metadata)