On Ubuntu14.10 with latest update I have the same error
# apt-add-repository ppa:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/apt-add-repository", line 119, in <module>
shortcut = shortcut_handler(line)
File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line
839, in shortcut_handler
ret = factory(shortcut)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 382, in
shortcut_handler
return PPAShortcutHandler(shortcut)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 345, in
__init__
self.shortcut = mangle_ppa_shortcut(shortcut)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 133, in
mangle_ppa_shortcut
if (user[0] == "~"):
IndexError: string index out of range
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