Attempt to address #119

[S0AndS0]

Note: I'm not yet savvy enough with the source to sort-out why
self.locals.get is returning None instead of an empty string.

But this seems to work well enough for me 🤷

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[dbarnett]

There is no "New Contributors" link at the bottom of that page to update this check to follow⁉

Dunno about what links to what anymore, but I think if you just comment "I signed it" here it'll recheck.

[S0AndS0]

Dunno about what links to what anymore, but I think if you just comment "I signed it" here it'll recheck.

Thanks @dbarnett!

"I signed it"

Edit 2024-10-19

🤦 Oh the link to click be in the "Details" for the blockage. Now I think the hitch in this PR's giddy-up is "Review required" section.