From 68de2e7acd26acb9242c8aa0897b811ac854a371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cryptoryda <zmcleod02@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:42:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] discussion checck

---
 parser/index.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/parser/index.js b/parser/index.js
index 5ce6a46..4275e2f 100644
--- a/parser/index.js
+++ b/parser/index.js
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@ const parseMD = require('parse-md').default;
  * topic: Meta
  * status: Living
  * created: 2020-02-07
- */
+*/
+// Add a new check for the discussion field in the ARC metadata
+
+if (!metadata.hasOwnProperty('discussion') || !metadata.discussion.trim()) {
+    console.error('\n', arcReadmeFile, 'is missing or has an empty \'discussion\' field.\n');
+    process.exit(1);
+}
 const requiredMetadata = ['arc', 'title', 'authors', 'discussion', 'topic', 'status', 'created'];
 
+
 const topics = ['Protocol', 'Network', 'Application', 'Meta'];
 
 const statuses = ['Draft', 'Active', 'Withdrawn', 'Accepted', 'Rejected', 'Final', 'Deprecated', 'Living'];