1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
index 0435a516..eb7b98d4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
  # Copyright (C) 2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
  # License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
  
-# handles lei <q|ls-query|rm-query|mv-query> commands
+# handles "lei q" command and provides internals for
+# several other sub-commands (up, lcat, ...)
  package PublicInbox::LeiQuery;
  use strict;
  use v5.10.1;
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ sub lei_q {
                  } else {
                          die "unrecognized --sort=$sort\n";
                  }
+                $opt->{save} and return
+                        $self->fail('--save and --sort are incompatible');
          }
          $self->{mset_opt} = \%mset_opt;