From d6ca1cc2423174140166dec6ecf5b799acdde4a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wisp3rwind <17089248+wisp3rwind@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:41:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] duplicates: fix crash when query return empty results

---
 beetsplug/duplicates.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/beetsplug/duplicates.py b/beetsplug/duplicates.py
index bc9e3ff3c..d608ddd4b 100644
--- a/beetsplug/duplicates.py
+++ b/beetsplug/duplicates.py
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ class DuplicatesPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
                     keys = ['mb_trackid', 'mb_albumid']
                 items = lib.items(decargs(args))
 
+            # If there's nothing to do, return early. The code below assumes
+            # `items` to be non-empty.
+            if not items:
+                return
+
             if path:
                 fmt = u'$path'
 

From 0e1c102337b36f8788a4bcc70e329d3604e95443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wisp3rwind <17089248+wisp3rwind@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:44:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] duplicates: update changelog

---
 docs/changelog.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 5ca9a8f9c..dcfcda98c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ Fixes:
 * :doc:`/plugins/lyrics`: Fix crashes when a website could not be retrieved,
   affecting at least the Genius source
   :bug:`3970`
+* :doc:`/plugins/duplicates`: Fix a crash when running the ``dup`` command with
+  a query that returns no results.
+  :bug:`3943`
 
 For plugin developers: