From 1b62bed01ab442752d78a2f5fd550152cafe656c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sidpremkumar <sid.premkumar@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 18 2019 19:46:02 +0000
Subject: Small fix for github markdown fielld


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diff --git a/sync2jira/downstream.py b/sync2jira/downstream.py
index a959a71..250cd11 100644
--- a/sync2jira/downstream.py
+++ b/sync2jira/downstream.py
@@ -1059,9 +1059,11 @@ def sync_with_jira(issue, config):
     if not config['sync2jira']['develop'] and not check_jira_status(client):
         log.warning('   The JIRA server looks like its down. Shutting down...')
         raise JIRAError
-    if issue.source == 'github' and issue.content and \
-            'github_markdown' in issue.downstream['updates']:
-        issue.content = pypandoc.convert_text(issue.content, 'plain', format='md')
+
+    if issue.downstream.get('updates', None):
+        if issue.source == 'github' and issue.content and \
+                'github_markdown' in issue.downstream['updates']:
+            issue.content = pypandoc.convert_text(issue.content, 'plain', format='md')
 
     # First, check to see if we have a matching issue using the new method.
     # If we do, then just bail out.  No sync needed.