[generic] Allow --default-search without colon

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 7f2b4dfcc60ddada121b7b662a61fc10c62de580..a53f6a6219ffe6dd2878d742bba5c0156936affc 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         date = DateRange.day(opts.date)
     else:
         date = DateRange(opts.dateafter, opts.datebefore)
-    if opts.default_search not in ('auto', 'auto_warning', 'error', 'fixup_error', None) and ':' not in opts.default_search:
-        parser.error(u'--default-search invalid; did you forget a colon (:) at the end?')
 
     # Do not download videos when there are audio-only formats
     if opts.extractaudio and not opts.keepvideo and opts.format is None: